When I was six, I was obsessed with turning out the light and racing it to my bed as I ran and dove on to it.
I thought the after-image in my eyes was the light fading away because it wasn't powered any more by the light bulb.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- I don't know why, but for some reason I thought that blinking your eyes powered your speech.Anon
- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.