Heh. I know that type well. A guy that I had hired as an intern many years ago was that type - to such a degree that once when asked to erect a shelf that we got for the IT lab was asking why it was using the type of screws that it came with and stopping and pondering this for several minutes.

He is now a senior sys ad in the valley - and very very smart - but his challenges to authority and propensity to ask questions just to be obtuse grew tiresome.