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In Star Trek, Commander Data is socially awkward because he lacks training data. This might be because he was built and developed in isolation from the rest of society. (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] orbitz@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That was one of my thoughts, the amount of social data he could get from Starfleet Academy would be huge. Its not like he needed to study the material. I guess there's an argument that Data was only as social as he was because of the academy. Or maybe the computation needed to make the officer decisions are much more intensive than we think, contrary to what Lower Decks shows heh,kidding I love that show.

[โ€“] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

You make another good point. He would have started as an Ensign, not an officer. Should have been a few more years os socializing there before being promoted.