I didn't come up with or believe a lot of the common kid misconceptions, for some reason. But I at least half believed that food shaped like animals could feel pain, til I was like six. I did it with toys, too. No one told me that was the case. So I don't know why I thought it was possible. I think there was a part of me that already knew it was impossible, but I still worried about it being possible.

I don't usually think it's exactly fair to call anything kids believe dumb, though. They haven't really had the chance yet not to be dumb, you know what I mean? Of course kids believe things that are incorrect, or come up with explanations for things that aren't quite right. But animal shape implies ability to feel pain? That's pretty dumb.