Originally Posted by ultramarina
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Gifted individuals may gravitate toward thinking about and focusing on the fringe or edge of any concept... the exceptions to the rules, and any possible inconsistencies/discrepancies.

Right--this is exactly DD. "But it says always, and that's not always true, because sometimes...so that can't be the answer." (A bit of ASD-ishness, there, too, perhaps. Who knows.)

IMO, the quality you describe is what allows very talented people to make new discoveries. Talented people have an ability to notice a subtle way in which something isn't quite right in a way that most other people don't. And yet this particular ability can be vexing for others, because the questioning extends into so many areas. I suspect, but don't actually know, that people with a lot of talent in a given area see problems there where most other people simply don't --- which can make it hard to convince others that there's actually a problem. KWIM?