When all decisions/emotions/attractions/thoughts etc. originate form the brain, why do people use “heart” in such contexts?
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Historically primitive people would have observed a physical change in their heart that regularly accompanied strong emotions, so they would have incorrectly deduced that the heart was the source of their emotions.
In modern times our ‘heart’ is just a word we use to describe the parts of our brain that are responsible for emotions.
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