A great observer and discerner of men's natures.

So unto him they did addeeme the prise / Of all that Tryumph.

after mature Deliberation, he appointed them a Ship of seventy Tons,

I would accept that many of them behave like humans born on earth would, but that must be an artefact of poor translation or our poor understanding of their motives and objectives [Watsonian] or lack of vision on the writers part [Doylist - to borrow some terms from the Bujold mailing list - think 'as written by' Dr Watson or by Arthur Conan Doyle].