“For instance, on the planet 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.”

–Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

As philosophy majors they liked to argue about the true meaning of things. Today’s topic was “knowledge,” and what it really meant to know things. While arguing on their way to lunch, Barry –who was driving– turned to look at Jerold. In that moment his car lurched over something. Something big. He slammed on the breaks and the two young men got out to investigate. What they found was a body. A child-sized, greenish grey body, with big, silver eyes….