After spinning around in a chair or just self-propelled, I thought the spinning environment was the earth rotating. I used to do it a lot cuz i thought it was the only way i could see the earth spinning.
A childhood belief about physics

others believed things like this
- I used to think topping yourself meant killing yourself by spinning upside down, like a spinning top!!— Natasha
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- I use to believe that the earth rotates on actually axes....i just pictured it spinning on red handle axesAnon
- I used to think that you could feel the world spinning.Anon
- My 3 year old little girl announced after spinning around for ages that she was 'feeing guilty' :-)— Adam
- I used to believe that tornadoes were spinning jack-o-lanterns in the air bent on destroying my house.Anon