So about 30,000 visas a year? Big deal. I hear they are running out too quickly so the quota needs to be increased. Note that there are laws that regulate H1-B visas. For example, an employee on an H1-B cannot earn less than the prevailing wage in his area. Evidently, continued demand for H1-Bs means the local talent pool is insufficient.
A genetic variation does not necessarily constitute a "defect." Are blue eyes a defect? Generally, the term defect is used when there is some kind of significant pathological consequence.
Many things generally considered defects, diseases or disorders perhaps are not. That has been the case of left-handedness, for example. Now, what about dyslexia or ADD? And autism? (BTW, Einstein as a child exhibited many autistic characteristics.)
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So about 30,000 visas a year? Big deal. I hear they are running out too quickly so the quota needs to be increased. Note that there are laws that regulate H1-B visas. For example, an employee on an H1-B cannot earn less than the prevailing wage in his area. Evidently, continued demand for H1-Bs means the local talent pool is insufficient.
Many things generally considered defects, diseases or disorders perhaps are not. That has been the case of left-handedness, for example. Now, what about dyslexia or ADD? And autism? (BTW, Einstein as a child exhibited many autistic characteristics.)
The paper may very well be incorrect, but evolution doesn't have time limits. Catastrophic environmental changes can clearly cause instant evolution.
I don't consider autism a disease, but it's certainly a genetic condition.