Are aspies actually BETTER at knowing they're being lied to?

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A lot of what I've read here is just so darn true, and definitely reflective of my own experience.
Like some of the other Aspie folk who have replied, I too went through a long period of cynicism and "trust, but verify" (the famous Cold War dictum) when dealing with NTs.
And of course, I couldn't have spontaneously accurate intuition in less-than-truthful situations to save my life. (figuratively speaking)
Which is where the "verify" part came in. Of course, in most cases I couldn't ask the other person for evidence or "can you prove that?" kind of responses to requests with ulterior motives, because the person could get irate or even in a couple of instances in my young adult years, threaten me with physical violence.
But those kind of people tend to be sociopathic anyway, so if I walked away and never dealt with them again, so much the better for me

I will also add a further consideration: in a lot of social situations, like workplace politics or college/uni settings, we tend to find ourselves disconnected from "the grapevine", or informal channels of communication - it's almost like a Catch-22 - and because of that, we don't get to find out that you shouldn't trust Joe Brown or Jane Doe or such, so we have no reconnaissance.

My gut is naïve and gullable beyond sense.
But I've been burned so many times so I'm quite caucious, almost paranoid.
But my first reaction is always believing and trusting.
Sooo... I'm all over the place.

/Mats