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The papyrus appears to be an instruction booklet for government officials. The Egyptians had no concept of the function of the brain and believed emotion emanated from the belly. The term “hot-bellied” would translate to “hot-headed.”


“Intelligence” and other reports of danger have sometimes tended to magnify the danger. The report of weapons of mass destruction in the Iraq war of the early 21st century is a modern example, but the problem has common enough in the 17th century to be conventional wisdom of proverb status.