Speech - 1967 FREEDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE GAP

FREEDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE GAP by Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover, U. S. Navy upon accepting the

Franklin Medal for Distinguished Service presented by the Printing Industries of Metropolitan New York, Inc. New York, New York Monday, January 16, 1967.

Rickover address is the knowledge gap of vast dimension between the public and that small elite of highly intelligent, highly educated experts who understand science and have the use of technology. Disturbing as It is that people should differ so greatly in their grasp of a vital area of knowledge, the phenomenon is not unusual. It occurs with every major rise in civilization.