Semi-OT: I find it somewhat striking about the state of neuroscience, though of course unsurprising, that Chinese philosophy is capable of telling us something

Semi-OT: I find it somewhat striking about the state of neuroscience, though of course unsurprising, that Chinese philosophy is capable of telling us something about ourselves that isn't unrecognizably exceeded and elaborated on today. Sure, now we can point to general regions containing billions of neurons and determine that it plays a role in conflict resolution; and we know a fair menagerie of molecules that modify consciousness in predictable ways, though nobody fully understands the mechanisms; and modern behavioral experiments have produced a lot of interesting data about psychology. But just for a second, compare to the situation with, say, traditional Chinese medicine versus modern medicine. A situation where we have multiple orders of magnitude better understanding today, and the only thing the traditional way has going for it is that it's had quite a lot of time to gather empirical data. Traditional medicine may sometimes produce effective treatments (along with a huge amount of snake oil placebo), but it's essentially dumb luck combined with a semi-effective selection process, whereas modern medicine, though far from perfect, creates and proposes treatments on a drastically more detailed, and essentially rational and correct basis. How long will it be (if ever) before we can say the same about neuroscience? How will the world change then?