Making someone believe

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When I was in Elementary School I apparently had an amazing talent for making the teachers believe things that were obviously false were true. They said that I had an amazing way of using words that conveyed truth.

Was/Is anyone else like this?

Just to add: I wasn't meaning to lie, I actually believed what I said was true.

Yes I have that same "gift". I think it is because when we have convictions about something we believe in it very very strongly. Since aspies normally have awkward inflections and tone of voice with subjects we are uncomfortable with we appear more convincing when we have great conviction in something.

for me that worked for a while, still does with my grandmother, but by nine years old, the opposite became true, anything i trid to say authoritatively was met with a chuckle and "ok, whatever you say".

I think it is something with the way aspies can act. For some reason a lot of people have instant trust in me and tell me a lot of things. It can be useful, since my other social skills are a bit more difficult to use.

I didn't have a gift for manipulation or persuasion, but I have always had a strong knack for explaining my views and presenting things with clarity.

Then again, as an aspie (specifically whom, I can't remember) on this forum once said: You are not a paragon of rationality.

But really, that applies to everything. 'You are not a paragon.' It's a good reminder for everyone. I remind myself quite often of it, since having read that as well.

I find this happens with me. It is quite funny because I am in a walking group which has a diverse set of members including an Aspie who is extremely literal and will believe anything anyone says (some people find it funny to wind him up, but luckily most don't and he hardly ever realises). I can almost always tell when I am being wound up (although sometimes a little late), but I do find it funny when I say something that is bending the truth as a joke and a whole group of people will not realise that it is a joke - I think I'm not great at using the right tone of voice to convey joke all of the time, and they assume I am serious. It is a bit like getting them to experience what it is like for this AS guy in the group (although usually it is the whole group of them that fall for my 'jokes' and not just one, so it is easier for them).