As a kid, I was introduced to an interesting contraption (that was supposed to be a party trick kind of thing) that I then dreamed for years of using to generate free energy (and therefore to be able to fight against entropy with). It was a ramp with the middle cut out so it looks like a “V” that you have a roller for made of 2 cones base-to-base. The cones look like they roll up the ramp. This does not work, but it took me half a decade to learn this.
My other one is that I heard about the angle trisection thing and “found a solution” on accident in highschool. For a little bit, I entertained the idea that I’d found it, then heard it had been proven impossible and believed that. For years it taunted me until I finally found someone willing to show me how it was wrong so I could feel like I had redeemed myself from crankdom (I promise that I didn’t believe I was right, but it always bothered me that I didn’t know).
What the hell, I’ll tack mine on.
As a kid, I was introduced to an interesting contraption (that was supposed to be a party trick kind of thing) that I then dreamed for years of using to generate free energy (and therefore to be able to fight against entropy with). It was a ramp with the middle cut out so it looks like a “V” that you have a roller for made of 2 cones base-to-base. The cones look like they roll up the ramp. This does not work, but it took me half a decade to learn this.
My other one is that I heard about the angle trisection thing and “found a solution” on accident in highschool. For a little bit, I entertained the idea that I’d found it, then heard it had been proven impossible and believed that. For years it taunted me until I finally found someone willing to show me how it was wrong so I could feel like I had redeemed myself from crankdom (I promise that I didn’t believe I was right, but it always bothered me that I didn’t know).