"Obfuscating easily verifiable facts to justify a predetermined skeptical conclusion. "

The irony meter just broke the scale.

Interestingly, the page links to an article titled, "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments" The link provided doesn't work, so here's a good one:

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf