When I was a kid, I thought the speed of light was the time it took from when you flipped the light switch until the light came on.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- I thought if you trip and fall down you fall at the speed of light!— Dietrich Corby
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn