No, it isn't. To argue such is disingenuous. You can be for the idea of immigration but believe the current H1-B system is a sham setup as an indentured servitude model to a majority of its participants.
It could actually just be a result of confusion or laziness.
(You usage of "disingenuous" is almost as a synonym for "wrong". It doesn't just mean "wrong" or "incorrect", it implies that you believe that the comment is intentionally dishonest. If you aren't absolutely sure someone is trying to mislead others, it's a poor word choice. It gets used on HN a lot, a lot more than it should be.)
edit: I do see from the sibling reply that you were more or less right.
> Care to tell me what are the other practical avenues for people to immigrate to US if they are not a noble laureate or an olympic gold medalist ?
Not be from a country for which the applicable immigrant visa categories are overloaded (IIRC, China, India are the big overloaded categories for employer-based categories; and Mexico, the Phillipines, and India again for family-based categories) and be qualified for either family-based or employer-based immigration.
Or, qualify for a number of the other dual-intent non-immigrant visas besides the H-1B, such as the H-4, or the L, E non-immigrant visas.
The H-1B is just one dual-intent non-immigrant visa category, its not even the main way for people who aren't noble laureate or Olympic gold medalists (or the broader group who qualify under the O and P non-immigrant visa categories that would seem to apply to those two groups) to immigrate.
