Do you question things more than other people do?

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Do you tend not to be satisfied with the general opinion on something and dig deeper to find out your own opinions, by taking into account reality and putting two and two together with logic? Is this an aspie trait? I ask because I think this is what makes me most isolated from people. I'm constantly being told that I'm "too deep", "think too much", have "weird" [unusual] views, etc. Or people just ignore my views and pretend they didn't hear anything.

I voted no.

Tim

From my experience, people who don't are usually very uninformed and ignorant, sleepwalkers.... And theyr too lazy to think for themselves, so they pick up some ideological label to think for them. Theyr highly immoral, often dishonest, hypocritical, selfish, immature, etc., and once you point it out to them it's like they put their fingers in their ears and go "lalalalalalalalal". At best they fall back on the "human nature" excuse. And they call you crazy for thinking for yourself, not able to realize that it is THEY who are absolutely bonkers. That is the commoner, absolutely dumber than a sack of bricks and unable to have an original thought. I am not a commoner, I am a questioner,

Greentea, it might be that they don't listen to your ideas because theyr thinking "oh damn, she's making alot of since, but her ideas are going against what I've been told all my life, I can't accept those ideas". Remember when Columbus proved the world was round, many idiots tried to hide it and often condemn him for it.

I overanalyze everything to death. I have to tease out every detail, before I can come close to making an opinion on something. I also do this process based on probably at least 90% logic only. This in and of itself makes my viewpoint be different then the majority. I am very fact based in my views, so there's not as much emotional influence as most people use.

I once had a seminary teacher spend an entire lecture on how I was asking too many questions, which should give you some inkling.

At the time. . . sort of, I was asking too many. . . but it wasn't malicious or anything. I had a lot of inner conflict about the material, and I didn't know how else to deal with it. I was really young. . . I deal better with that, now.

In general, though. . . Most people would say I ask too many questions, but I disagree.

I think no questions is one of the major problems in "Normal."

i do question a lot of things, but then, i study philosophy, so i somehow cant really do without (and get good grades). i do it "privately" a lot, too.

yet, what really drives me mad with "duh" is what is considered questioning these days.
take the criticism of the movie 300 as an example: they said it was racist how the persian army was depicted, being a conglomerate of monsters, mutants and whatnot. so all questioning there was consisted of the screening of a few details against what is "doable" and appropriate (i.e.: dependent of the randomness of a given eras values). no one even cared digging as "deep" to reach the (simple) story that was told in the movie: a variation of the david vs. goliath story. weak hero against all odds). the visual details were just a (random) means to tell the story, as well as the setting is such a random detail. for the sake of the story, it doesnt matter whether it is about spartans and persians in a history-inspired fantasy setting, communists vs. nazis, chicago bulls vs. orlando magic, aspies vs. nts or orks vs. elfs.
what is taken as questioning with good mroal effect and outing of morally bad behaviour was in fact a mere scratching on the random surface... unable to see the storytelling as such, and therefore failing to see the relation of visual details to the storytelling they are serving.

if this is called questioning and looking behind the facade and whatnot, you could tell the most hirrifying tales in nice, politically correct clothes and no one will notice. even worse, you could lead a country in the maddest dictatorial and inhumane way possible - as long as the random details on the outside dont look suspicious.

My wife told me recently that when someone says "The sky is really blue today", "Yeah, it is" is a good answer.

She told me I'm far too likely to look in all directions, compare the colour of the sky / clouds / sunset / etc, and then offer a response along the lines of "It is, but only in that direction; the clouds make it far more grey for most of the rest of the sky".

I question questions about questions.

I question a lot of things. I can't believe the number of perople who go through their lives never giving a second thought to anything. I remember at the age of 7 picking holes in the book of genesis that this nun assured us was true. I'm thinking" how could god seperate night from day if he hasn't made the sun moon and stars yet? Does no-one else see this" Nope no-one did.

yes, quite alot, i always try to find out more information, its amazing how ppl can be content with how things are for them, if they found out a little more, maby they can change things (for instance, getting screwed over at work and not looking at the labor laws poster, simple)!

I used to ask many questions, but ppl dont like that, now if its something i wanna learn more about, ill pick up a book or go online to be more informed, i do this probably more then most i chill with or know.

I question everything. As a child I would always ask for an explanation for why my parents wanted me to do something! It was the same at university and in the work-place. I have tried to tone it down somewhat at work as people don't always want to hear my "contrary" opinions !

I'm just like that!

P.S. I didn't vote because I don't have a diagnosis of AS (I suspect either AS or NVLD.) But if my answer would count, I would have voted with the answer "Too much."

People that I've met, that I consider Aspies, myself included, have been very questioning. I think this may be the single biggest asset that we bring to society.
Heaven forbid, you should say anything stupid, or illogical, around some of my (possibly aspie) friends, they will not hesitate to point out the inconsistencies in your statements.
It can be very hard to be around people like that, but it does keep you on your toes.

But what if it isn't especially blue?

The sky is usually less blue closer to the sun (because the blue light scattering that makes the sky blue is sending the blue light away from you, there), for example.

Sure I question things. Our cognitive abilities are what make us human; people who don't question things are less worthy of our concern.