Ilka wrote:
Every time my little Aspie call someone stupid because she/he should know that, I ask her something I know she does not know, and ask her if I should call "her" stupid.
I find really anoying that Aspie tendency to call people stupid. My husband and child both do that. Yes. I do know your IQ is usually higher, but you should remember you also have li
Iimitations and I bet you do not like being called names because of that.
I think you "power" is great. I've told my kid to practice hers so she can know it better and improve it. I think you should do the same. Maybe read about it. Having a special power is great!
I have learned through the last few years that everyone has limitations - knowledge is finite, there is no logical way a person can speak from accuracy about every subject (yet, so many attempt anyways.) In my early teens, I was so conceited in my own world of superlatives, I would judge everyone based on what I knew, but they didn't. I do think I know a lot about certain things, but certainly not everything, nor every aspect of what I do know. I have learned to look for, and yield to understanding greater than my own - which, as I learn, is very often. Even things I already know are enriched by another person's point of view. This concept of listening and yielding (instead of talking over, or judging people as I did as a teenager) has actually become really important to me, as it is a way to learn more, to learn from other's experiences. I like to listen to experts talk about the things they study, and love. Just like I do. So, I cultivated a desire to listen.
An experienced/educated person will show good impromptu conversation based in a strong conceptual framing, and will be able to answer questions or explain things from more than one angle. Information integrity has nuts-n-bolts nuances that focus on the information itself, as well as navigating and relaying it (I recommend watching a few Richard Feynman interviews for an archetype of all these traits). It does not rely or focus on tone of voice, avoidance, vagueness, or generality . A person with significant training/education, attended by active use of that educational discipline, shows these fluid well-proportioned traits of solid, grasped knowledge. I watch for these traits specifically, because I have found also, that there are a lot of people who talk out their arse. A lot. Pedantic Aspies such as myself inculded.