When I was 5-6 years old, upon reading about the invention of the steam engine and (in history textbooks) the invention of fire by cavemen, I thought the steam engine was invented in the same age as fire.
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- My uncle used to believe that he would grow up to be a fire engine or a tiger.
If only...— Josh Y. - Before the invention of the camera, everything looked like a cartoon with the quality/effect of oil painting.— MD Caruso
- i was scared to fart outside in cold weather because i thought u would be able to see the steam.— xJeNneSceNcEx
- When I was a child I used to believe that the steam rising from my food were ghosts. Anon
- I used to think the clouds were made of the steam that comes out of the factory smoke stacks.— TJ
- I used to think that the engine in a car was only to create a noise to warn others of its arrival— mudspanker