"Our use of language, invention of tools and development of reasoning capabilities have pushed the development of the brain and made us 'smarter.' But at the same time we have lost our ability to feel an earthquake coming, and our ability to recognize from the larger environment when fish and vegetables will be at their tastiest.
「這個本能的腦，因為人類使用語言、發明各種文明利器、發展理性的關係，使得大腦皮質非常發達，人也愈來愈『聰明』，但卻相對地喪失了預知地震的能力、喪失了從大自然的變化去測知蔬菜魚類新鮮時期的能力… …。