> "Do I have to feel that I grasp the "Warrior" mentality in order to tell someone they're being rude?"

The point of the article is that for some people it's impossible to respond in that situation, hence the "stun-locked". You feel the adrenaline rushing, but something holds you back. The author describes this fairly comprehensively.

Also, if you look at this guy's achievements, he's no blogger. I remember studying his lock free hash table implementation at one point.

But alas, I do agree with you that all this stuff is pseudo-scientific, and could well use some epistemic framework.