It's true that there are more skill points than you need.
But I would not max out mind-reading, because almost all of the mind-reads are in the first part, before any fighting, or before getting the tons of skill-points from solving quests. Those skill points could be used to finish up your main skills. And once you DO start fighting, that seemingly huge experience debt is a joke, it vanishes after one or two dungeons. You can clear it by doing the non-quest bonus dungeons.
