This whole post has a very hyperbolic feel to it that hurts whatever substance there might be to the argument.
"Very hyperbolic" is itself on the hyperbolic side.
Given that that felt like it was written a bit ironically, perhaps it would be better to say because programmers perceive themselves as hyper-rational and then proceed to make irrational decisions on that very basis.
I laughed out loud at how wrong that statement was.
This is a great summary-by-quote, I feel fully informed about what to expect if I actually would read the full source text, and based on this excellent summary I am confident I can save reading it for when I've run out of things argue about.
Would you say I'm being irrational by plucking this one quote out of the post?
(I think they were agreeing with you.)
Er, I read that quote as sarcasm, and the comment you are relying to as a sarcastic way of saying that you'd missed that sarcasm ...