When I was 3 or so, someone gave me a lava rock from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens (which 19 years later, I still have). I thought that if I put it in the microwave, it would become molten again.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- When I was around seven years-old, my friend and I put a rock in a microwave and thought it would melt.— Lars
- My friends and I used to believe that if you planted a rock, it would grow a rock tree. Anon
- When I was little I thought the microwave was the Michaelwave because my name is Michael.— Michael
- I used to think Tomato soup was Lava.— Daniel Green
- i used to believe lava and water made electricityAnon
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon