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[–] teft@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The EMH mark 1 was discontinued (only as a doctor, they continued to operate as miners) for being irritable and having bad bedside manner, not because they were narcissistic. They were based on Zimmerman's personality who was also a bit brusque and irritable. Those qualities are fine in an engineer, not so much in a doctor.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So that's why Zimmerman was an outcast who only had holograms to keep him company? He was a bit brusque? The only other person that tried to keep him company was Barclay, largely because he saw a lot of himself in Zimmerman.

Like I said, it's something to be worked on, not necessarily a fatal flaw... but to downplay it like you are is vastly under stating his issues.

[–] teft@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

I'm not saying they don't have personality problems just that they are pretty neurotypical. Being self centered isn't autism.