I counter that even the IQ spread of the top 2% of Indians is like the IQ of the top 20% of Americans. This is because India is a fundamentally low IQ country. They are simply not that smart, even the smartest among them. Perhaps you have to get to the 0.0001% among them to be smart enough to compete with an American genius.
Do remember, India ejected the Brits, successfully defeating them and responsible for ending of their Empire.
Well, this is Bell Curve territory.
ChatGPT just provided a solid layout with oddly both of us barking up the correct tree.
India is a lower IQ country at 85 average vs US 98 average (global 100). This would equate to only 988K Indians of IQ 130+ (top 2% global) and the US about 7 million.
But the H1B screen requires the Indian applicant to have a degree, typically STEM, and likely graduate degree in such. The American top 2% are not going to be concentrated in STEM, greatly lowering the 7 million number that would otherwise compete with the H1B for a STEM job.
GPT says the numbers of the two categories are roughly the same. The sheer 1.4B population advantage over the US and the H1B screen overwhelms the nearly 1 standard deviation raw IQ differential.
Interesting.