Based on the "experiments" I used to rig up with things like old discarded blenders and other small appliances, I clearly believed as a child that electricity could not hurt me.
I certainly learned that it could blow fuses, though.
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- I used to believe all liquids were water-based with things added to it to make different kinds of liquids.Anon
- As a small child I believed that the word was "nakeup", finally I found out that it was actually "makeup".— Hannnah P.
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- i believed that if you farted too much in a room and you were to light a flame your house would blow up— the nuclear fart
- One kid I know believed that because I wear glasses, it wouldn't hurt if he poked my eye.Anon
- As a small child I always confused someone being unconcious with someone being dead.— Rick