Personally, I think you're right, but you sort of take a risk when you go for hyperbolic sarcasm. I'm not sure how much of the first paragraphs he believes; muc

Personally, I think you're right, but you sort of take a risk when you go for hyperbolic sarcasm. I'm not sure how much of the first paragraphs he believes; much of it, if he did, somewhat discredits him in my eyes as an engineer (let alone as an unbiased source). The takeaway certainly doesn't depend on whether the preceding paragraphs are gospel truth, but one's judgement of the author's credibility, in my opinion, does.