science: physics

I must have been told in a lesson or something that the world spun, because after that I couldn't understand the concept properly and came to the conclusion that when we walked we were just lifting our feet up and down in the same place but that the world moved underneath us!!

I thought that if I could just get hold of a really small and sharp pair of scissors, I could cut up a piece of paper over and over, eventually finding out whether matter was infinitely divisible or made of atoms (my father claimed the latter was true, and at the time I thought this was really suspicious).

I thought that deep space was 100% empty of matter, except for the random star, nebula, black hole, or planetary system. Since I always heard that space was a vacuum, I also believed that except for the dust and dirt inside a vacuum bag, I believed that the rest of the "space" in a vacuum bag was totally empty, just like space. I learned otherwise about the vacuum bag pretty early on, but I finally learned that outer space is not completely empty some time in 8th grade Earth Science.

I used to believe…

When I was small I thought that when the sun is setting down, it goes right under the ground and comes out on the other side the next day.

My other belief was that in every grade, I had to pass an exam to move on to the next grade.

I used to believe…

during a long car journey, i asked my father what the deal was with whirlpools, where did they come from? what made them..well, whirl..

After a few miles it was evident that he had no idea at all and so, i came up with my own kid-theory for him to validate.

I suggested that there were wide brick built chimney like structures under water, at the base of the chimney there was a pipe connected to a pump somewhere and that sucked the water downwards making it swirl like a bath plug hole. To my amazement he agreed.. yes thats right son. shea' rite dad

Well, this partly explains the strange and twisted way in which i now view the world, of course i am ommiting the mind altering drugs i took at university.

I used to believe…

When I was a young boy, I believed that when I step on a wire, the electrons would not move.... Now I am an IC designer ;-)

I used to believe that sunlight coming from windows spontaneously generated dust since that's the only place I ever saw it in the air.

I used to believe…

When I was little I used to think that the ozone layer was clear plastic and that it would open and close at certain times so that the space shuttle had to time it correctly in order to make it through the hole into space. Years later in science class I realized that the atmosphere was held in by gravity!

I don't think i'm the only one with this belief. I thought if u spun around in one direction long enough to get dizzy (e.g clockwise, or anti- cloc) Then if u turned back the same amount the other way you could kind of un-dizzy yourself. I'm not i scientist do it still makes a small bit of sense to me , i'm 17.

i and also my friends used to believe if we put a ironsegment on the rails and after train goesover it the iron will become magnet.

I used to believe…

When I was about 6 years old, I believed that the world consist of bacond, sour cream and juice. Pretty wierd huh.