Verdandi wrote:
I would say that being autistic does not mean being logical. Often I see extremely flawed logic being asserted as "logical" here. Autistic people do not strike me as being particularly more logical than NTs. Attributions to logic seem to be based as much on alexithymia and the perception that logic and emotion are opposed poles in terms of thinking, which they are not.
It's actually frustrating because sometimes people will retreat to assertions that their argument is logical rather than presenting an actually logical defense of said article.
Another issue is garbage in, garbage out. You can have flawless logic but still base it on false premises, resulting in false conclusions.
So autistic people are not logical, not inherently so. Many of us may like the idea of logic, but most seem to have limited understanding of what it is. Just like NTs.
There's an irony of sorts in that your logic here itself is based on a false premise. I don't believe most aspies see logic and emotion as polar opposites. Rather, they see themselves as slightly more logical, or perhaps see NTs as slightly more emotional, but not that either logic or emotion is lacking in value or that neither is present in all humans.
Of course, whenever someone mentions this, you immediately jump on the "Oh, you think you're Mr. Spock. We NEED emotions!" bandwagon. Therefore, it's you who has the hang-up of logic vs. emotion as polar opposites, and you misinterpret any call to logic as someone being on the "logic only" side of the coin, and you represent the "emotional" side of the coin, when in reality, it's not about sides. That's your personal hang-up in life, for whatever reason.