Did you believe the earth was flat as a child?

[Legobricks]

I never gave it any thought... not even to this date. As I don't intend to circle it, I may as well assume it is flat for the purposes of navigation.

 

[Spinor]

Now that I think about it. When I was a little kid I had a tremendous interest in the cosmos. And I hypothesized after observing the sky that the earth is flat and endless. I dunno why I though it was endless, probably cause I couldn't find another explanation for the sky's hemispherical shape.

I also thought the earth was at the deepest bottom of the universe and only the sun can go under it. Yep, good old 5 year old imagination XD.

 

[Gary the Magic Fairy]

The earth is pretty much flat. Y'know, besides mountains and stuff.

As a child I assumed so, since that's what common sense tells you. I didn't really give it a second thought.

 

[MegaSlowBro.]

Not Really. I guess I watched too much cartoons, because I've always seen it round ^^; Although whenever I saw it in an atlas, I always thought someone squished it and flattened it onto the paper.

 

[>Feelings<]

Never. I've always believed that the Earth was round, from the time I could speak.

But I have thought other weird things as a kid about the same thing.
I used to think that we live inside the Earth, and was corrected when I was twelve that we live in the outer surface.
And even until age seven, I used to think the Earth was a perfect sphere, which isn't as silly of a thought, seeing as it doesn't stray too far still.

 

[Sammi]

I can't remember ever thinking the world was flat. I might've when I was reaaaaaaally little, but sadly I don't remember. By the time I hit school, well, it's hard not to acknowledge the world is round, especially when faced with globes, and when the topic of Columbus came up.

 

[Caelus]

Not sure if I ever thought the Earth was flat. It always seemed round to me, and in Kindergarten we discussed the planets and the Earth looked spherical to me. :P

 

[Cold Fusion]

I don't recall ever believing that the Earth was flat, but I could've when I was little. I don't remember so, I'm going to have to go with no.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Yeah, I did. When I first found out the earth was a globe, I couldn't believe it. I would look outside, or even on the floor, and not understand how something so seemingly flat could be actually round.

Then I got over it.

 

[Honest]

No, not really. xD

I did think, though, that earth had some place where if you got there, you'd fly away. xD

 

[Aegis]

I once thought Austria and Australia were the same country, but I haven't really given much thought about the world to theorize anything about it. XD

lmfao you don't know how often I hear that when I tell people I'm half Austrian ahaha

anyway no, I never thought the earth was flat. pretty sure I didn't even really think about what it looked like until I was told it was round... :/

 

[♣Gawain♣]

As far as I can remember, no. But I used to think that the earth is infinite.

 

[Halcyon]

I didn't bother thinking about it.
Moreover, I didn't know that I lived on a planet called Earth back then. xD

 

[Skip Class]

Once you've lived with episodes of Barney, Elmo and the Wiggles most of your childhood you would have never thought of the world to be flat

 

[harmonic ♫]

nope :[

if the Earth was flat...wouldn't we fall off?

 

[ArcanineOod]

From when I was about four/five, my school drilled into me that OMGNOEZTEHEARTHIZROUND!!1!
... So, yeah. I never even found out that other people thought Earth was flat until I'd already learned it wasn't. ^__^
xX

 

[Melody]

Since I was old enough to grasp the concept I instinctively knew that world was spherical.

I cant explain why. From the age of 3 I knew quite a few things instinctually that most kids that age dont know.