When I was about four or five, I was fascinated by the way my bedroom would get lighter as I tried to get to sleep. The door was always left ajar and I surmised that the light floated round the door like clouds. When people used to talk about the speed of light I thought it was about 6 feet per fifteen minutes. I have a BSc now!
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- I used to believe that God was the light rays shining through the clouds.— Lynn
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon