Recently i thought that ... Moderation as in this forum is to keep things balanced. We're not supposed to go to extremes.
Humans without Autism are not extreme, but what value do they add to society?
The right to exist is the fundamental principle, though even that can be abrogated rightfully. As a Christian, I have no doubt that every person has purpose and therefore value. Maybe we should separate that issue from a cohort’s value to society.
Though undiagnosed, I was the hardware guru of a major electronics installation. Can’t say I can look back and see many autism candidates around me then. At least half the programming staff were Strong candidates, from the country’s top universities. We were all cutting edge and innovation was what they were after.
People, in general, are sheep, well adapted to identifying and emulating social norms. This is wonderful in that, as a race, we naturally cooperate. But it has the drawback of stifling original and even creative thought, which tend to cause disruption. Disruption Bad; Very Bad.
To counteract this dangerous tendency to set up like concrete, our gene pool includes these types who are genetically unlikely to notice social norms And averse to being shoehorned into strategies inappropriate to their breed. In his wisdom, God also included in this group an inordinate number of both high- and low-intelligence individuals.
As disgustingly as it was pointed out in Brave New World, society needs high and low intelligence, needs both the unquestioning drone and the rule breaking visionary.