I used to think that every time you broke something, you risked splitting an atom and causing an explosion.
My friend and I used to play with sticks. We would break them and throw them to try to get them to explode.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that an atom bomb was a dragon in the sky.— Mazzkitten
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- When I was a kid I was convinced that the world would end by a nucleur explosion. — Marshall M
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- I used to believe that you would explode if you drank cola and ate pop rocks at the same time.Anon