
Magpie (the hologram Dauntless' uses to "personify" her sentience) is forever on a quest of "self-improvement". Her "brain" consists of massive paired supercomputers, and her intelligence is phenomenal, but she is also very, very lacking in social smarts. She has no frame of reference for a lot of social things people take for granted - for instance, she finds it difficult to know what looks "pleasing" to her crew, and always worries she is not at least aesthetically acceptable...
Thus, Magpie is also the sort of sweet, trusting individual who will believe and act on a large proportion of social advice given to her, especially if said with a straight face. "Oh yes, it's perfectly normal to walk around completely nude! As no-one can please everyone with their choice of clothing, most people just go without it!" etc...