An Aspie Positive - Are We More Insightful?

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NTs might be just as insightful but better at rationalizing. While we sit there and think up justifications and excuses, NTs do the same thing only they end it with "who cares that's still no excuse!" NTs are a tough sell unless you can appeal to that intuition of theirs. Cleopatra had an objective in mind when she wrapped herself up in that carpet.
Even then they don't always get it right. Look what happened to Cleo and she's as NT as they get.
NT is "right" 2.048757% of the time. The rest are blunders.

yeah i could relate i always practice what to say to people and always think of what went wrong too.

We learn over time that we miss things. So we make a concerted effort to look for signs and things we might have missed. I think more now about each interaction- was that person just polite? Is there any logic to them wanting to interact with me? What are the signs they're just using me?

Absolutely - those are my same thoughts all of the time. :\

I don't know if this is completely related to AS/autism but I've always had this strong to understand things "from the ground up". Basically I find myself re-inventing the wheel, deriving my understanding from within rather than accepting "common knowledge" and rote facts. I always need to know why things are the way they are. I also question everything, even myself. I can't help but think this way even if it isn't the most efficient or comforting way to approach the world. It's disconcerting when you realize how much humanity is completely full it.

I think this trait is what make me more insightful than most and I wouldn't give it up for anything. I'm sure things would be easier if I could just "go with the flow" but I can't even imagine being that way. I don't understand people who aren't interested in seeing reality for what it is.

Perhaps it's due to the intensity of people with AS and the tendency to focus on the details. Also, people with AS focus extra hard on social situations due to difficulties so are more likely to understand when something (or someone) doesn't seem right.

For example, most people use language and linguistics without even thinking about it, but someone who has studied grammar extenstively would very easily "hear" different usage in people's speech and be more likely to understand when it is used inappropiately.

Mind allowing an introverted NT in on this discussion?

I do agree somewhat with the "blind man" perception of someone with AS. Someone without the skills of performing socially in this world will need to look at things another way in order to moderate their behavior in this world. But there are even NT's that could give insight into the social behavior of humans.

It really only takes an understanding of a new perspective of a subject to be more insightful about it. If you look at things with a new perspective, you'll probably end up with a more insightful understanding. There are both NTs and people with AS who have this ability to look at things in a new and unconventional way.

we have lots of insight. just very little instinct.

I'm not sure to what extent NTs live so spontaneously, without questioning things, without analysing to the root or near the root of reality. I'm only sure they don't talk about the insights they have. To some extent they're a lot more intuitive than us rather than analysing, but there's an extent to which they hide their wisdom to fit in with the mindless culture that's (pretended to be?) revered by the masses. I don't underestimate NT's logic and insight ever. I just assume they're not exactly what they're showing themselves to be. Eg: an NT will often say something like "I don't know, it just happened" when in fact it was a conscious process, a choice and an intended action. The fact that an action seems illogical to you doesn't mean it's not obeying some logic that you know nothing about.