Inside every small problem is a bigger problem trying to get out. -Murphy's Laws of Computers
On Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons. -HHGTTG
In every hierarchy, each person tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.