Should I read my SICP today?

I used to lurk around world4ch /prog/ before I was actually interested in programming, and I will always remember their mantra regarding this book. Was it all just pointless spam? Or was this a legitimately good book to be introduced into programming by?

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Yes, it does that. But if you're not yet comfortable with the idea that typing arbitrary text into the computer can make it do things, or if you haven't figured out that the computer isn't a mind reader, then I'm not sure SICP is the best way to come to grips with such basic concepts.