# Skills: Knowledge VS Experience

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-knowledge-vs-experience/17476>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [November 16, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-knowledge-vs-experience/17476 "2018-11-16T03:15:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/skills-knowledge-vs-experience/17476/10 "2018-11-16T06:25:53Z")

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See [Practice makes perfect](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/practice-makes-perfect/3509?u=kevin.granade) for the latest ponderings on the issue.  
In particular I introduced the concept of “insights”, which have a chance to be triggered when using skills “in anger”.

Not all skills would necessarily use insights, for example firearm handling is pretty much 100% mechanical and it’s just a matter of putting in the practice time.

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