The ancient Taoists, of course, had no idea about the PFC and its function in the human brain. If they had, they might have seen it as the ultimate source of disharmony. The Tao Te Ching views civilization as a decline from the original state of nature when humans lived in harmony with the Tao. And it identifies the analytical part of the mind—the same part that's responsible for building civilization—as the culprit for the loss of the Tao. “Eliminate learning,” it declares, “so as to have no worries.”
Interesting. Taoism and its oppose against reason. Control. And planning.
