<i>This advice is as good as someone saying &quot;please don&#x27;t learn to play music&quot;.</i><p>The analogy is quite strong, here - perhaps more than the author realizes.  I get the basic point about not expecting just pick up a book or two and crash the gates, overnight.  But there&#x27;s something fundamentally disheartening about a statement whose core message boils down to:  <i>&quot;Don&#x27;t try&quot;.</i>