The Price of Knowledge

Eunice Shupman was a female Human of the 23rd century. She was a doctor who held the position of Professor of Interstellar History at the University of Mars in the late 23rd century.

Shupman studied Orion history and wrote an article titled "The Price of Knowledge" discussing the difficulties involved. in studying Orion history, due to the lack of objectivity, commonplace exaggeration and falsification and gaps in the historical record from disaster or deliberation destruction. She also discussed the problems of gaining access to historical information, by finding the right officials and applying bribes, dealing with bureaucracy and then making hasty research before access was withdraw, and verifying that it wasn't forged. She mentioned the mysteries of advanced Orion technology and described the continuing efforts of historians to decipher their history, despite Orion efforts to hide it.