Expert Skills

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by nanoboy

In Martial Arts, Expert Skill (Hoplology) covers the study of how people fight. Socialism might be considered a Philosophy skill, though I've never liked the way GURPS handles Philosophy. (The actual academic study of philosophy involves learning about reason, logic, ethics, etc. .

So does the GURPS Philosophy skill. All very useful things if you happen to need to argue with a philosopher.

Expert (Socialism): would be useful for identifying the different flavours of socialism, knowing the history of socialism's development, who the major players were, and what they did and are doing. But it wouldn't give the insider's view of why they do what they do