As a child I used to spin myself around and around. When I'd stand still after spinning the room would be moving around and I was convinced that I was witnessing the earth rotating on its axis.
A childhood belief about physics
others believed things like this
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to believe that when I saw the clouds moving in the sky, that it was actually the earth moving. — Megan Gilbert
- I used to think topping yourself meant killing yourself by spinning upside down, like a spinning top!!— Natasha
- I use to believe that the earth rotates on actually axes....i just pictured it spinning on red handle axesAnon
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon