I've run across quite a number of people online who are on the spectrum (or claim to be) who, where they have given their Myers-Briggs typology, they say they are INTJ - in other words, "intuitive" is a strongly-developed cognitive function.
From Wikipedia:
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Sensing and intuition are the information-gathering (perceiving) functions. They describe how new information is understood and interpreted. Individuals who prefer sensing are more likely to trust information that is in the present, tangible, and concrete: that is, information that can be understood by the five senses. They tend to distrust hunches, which seem to come "out of nowhere".[1]:2 They prefer to look for details and facts. For them, the meaning is in the data. On the other hand, those who prefer intuition tend to trust information that is more abstract or theoretical, that can be associated with other information (either remembered or discovered by seeking a wider context or pattern). They may be more interested in future possibilities. For them, the meaning is in the underlying theory and principles which are manifested in the data.
How does that square with the autistic trait of focusing on the details perhaps to the exclusion of the "big picture"? Or, to put it crudely, missing the forest for the trees?
What is it I have missed here?
05 Sep 2012, 10:17 am
