I used to believe that if you photocopied a piece of blank paper, the copy would make a new piece of paper. I thought that I was the first one to come up with this and was convinced my family could save millions of dollars in paper :)
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe fax machines instantly teleported a piece of paper to who ever you wanted. Anon
- I was convinced that paper could only be made out of Birch trees (because they had white bark).Anon
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- i believe in the tooth fairy so much that i make paper bags for her!— Monster High girl
- when I was small I always thought that the solar system ended, and then it was just white paper after that— sparrow
- I used to think that when you sent a fax, the paper went through the wires.— em