When I was little I thought that Peoples voises got on tapes or CDs by the writing, like if a Tape said Raffi, raffi would automaticly be on there. So I wrote my name on all my tapes. I was very sad when I wasn't on any of them.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when people wrote in cursive, they were writing in Spanish.— Ellen
- I thought the “rec” button on tape recorders said wreck and it would wreck your tape if you pushed it!— Alberto Richardson
- My partner thought women used the brown packing tape as wax strips.— Helen
- My sister thought that she could video me by simply inserting the VHS tape into the VCR sideways.
Anon - I used to believe that peoples ears grew so that when the world blew up we would be able to fly away.— Ears
- I used to think that pickles were made out of frog skin and corn was old peoples teeth.— mandy