Underlying Causes
There are many potential causes for this behavior. There could be an interpersonal beef between you and the Irrational. They could be a zealot or fanboi for another technology or solution. The Irrational person could have one foot out the door of your organization. They could be a manager/developer struggling with the demands of both and unwilling to add one new thing to their plate.
By and large the reason doesn’t matter, because the behavior is always the same. The Irrational jump in to an argument, they pretend to be another skeptic type, and if their arguments are defeated, they change arguments and even the skeptic type they seem to be. They have an underlying reason, but it will rarely if ever bubble up. If it does, expect ...
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