I've got two intellectual methodologies. The first is to toss out a relatively arbitrary, spur of the moment provocation that has crossed my mind, and then backfill it until I have a structurally sound argument or realize I have to abandon the premise. 1/2

How did you compose that post about methodologies?

The second is to "try on" the approach of a particularly compelling author I'm reading and apply it like a doppelganger to the concepts and problems I'm processing at the moment, until I've integrated it into my own toolkit. 2/2