[gurps] IQ revisited (more stuff)

[Onno Meyer]

Anthony replied to hal:

> > Formal Education: this does not seem to have an analog in GURPS as
> > advantages.  Perhaps a CORE aspect of IQ?
> 
> Formal education corresponds to points in academic skills.

What about the kind of education one gets in modern schools? In addition
to reading, writing and arithmetic, there is a smattering of literature,
history, art, music, soft and hard sciences. If you wanted to reflect 
all this with points in skills, you probably overrate the usefulness of,
say, high-school chemistry. 

I think this "background information" is (a) the reason why there are 
defaults for most skills and (b) a justification to GURPSify a formal 
education as points in IQ rather than points in separate skills. 

Regards,
Onno