II Methodology

The practice of exercising ignorance and idiotic actions by a person, institution, organization, community, etc.

"You are a perfect example of ii methodology "

by Zerious August 18, 2016

Agile Methodology

A work-group paradigm for software engineers where all the people in your work-group sit near each other, and little or no official documentation is required in the written code. This is to get working code out faster in order to keep pace with the competition.

Our new company owner is instituting Agile Methodology and I don't know how that will work out after 12 years of the documentation requirement being being beaten into me.

by Mikealike June 24, 2008

Auto-Populous Methodology

A fake buzzword you throw into a technology conversation to test if someone really knows what they are talking about

We strive to ensure an auto-populous methodology permeates our entire technology stack.

by Kazuya Rodriguez August 20, 2022

mythodology

A mythical methodology, i.e. a methodology that people say they follow but actually nobody really does, so it's a myth.

The team follows the Scrum mythodology.

by Bold Cynic May 26, 2023

Methodological Alienation

The feeling that the methods used by experts to gain knowledge are so complex and inaccessible that they might as well be magic. It’s the sense of alienation a non-coder feels when looking at a wall of Python script, or a layperson feels when reading a dense statistical analysis. This alienation can foster resentment and a belief that the experts are hiding something behind their complicated jargon, rather than simply using necessary tools.

Example: "Looking at the climate models, I felt a wave of Methodological Alienation. It was all Greek to me, so I just assumed they were making it up."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

Methodological Bias

The error of assuming that one particular method of inquiry is superior to all others and that any truth discovered by a different method is inherently suspect. It’s the quantitative researcher who dismisses qualitative interviews as "anecdotal," or the historian who thinks lab experiments have no bearing on understanding the past. This bias mistakes the tool for the truth and ignores the fact that complex problems often require multiple methods.

Example: "The psychologist showed Methodological Bias by refusing to consider case studies, insisting that only double-blind lab experiments could reveal anything about the human mind."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

Theory of Methodological Paradigms

The analysis of how different fields or schools are governed by dominant, often unquestioned, methodologies—the accepted "right way" to conduct research. This paradigm dictates whether you use statistics or case studies, algorithms or ethnography, double-blind trials or philosophical reflection. Your method isn't just a tool; it's your tribal identity and your license to be taken seriously.

Theory of Methodological Paradigms Example: In psychology, the "quantitative/experimental" paradigm and the "qualitative/phenomenological" paradigm have been at war. The former views the latter as "soft storytelling"; the latter views the former as "reducing human experience to numbers." Each is a methodological paradigm with its own journals, heroes, and criteria for what constitutes legitimate knowledge about the mind.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 6, 2026