That's an argument against the second sentence, not the first. (So you disagree with wedrifid.)
I do too! That ... is one hell of a misreading.
edit: There are improvements that can fix the first sentence too! (exposing your ignorance to testing, to falsification, etc).
Scott H. Young is giving himself 12 months to complete MIT's computer science curriculum on his own, via MIT's OpenCourseWare.