i used to believe that earth is just in a jar and the stars are just holes to keep us breathing. Like for example: if you trap a mouse in a jar with no holes on it, it dies. so.. then.. i believed that we are just an small animal living in a jar. and real people/aliens kept us alive by poking holes on the jar by making it stars :O!
A person from another timeline isn't necessarily a different being, they were just exposed to a different environment and acted accordingly (if we take one reference timeline and consider all others as small changes in this one ). let's say, you keep your favourite cake in the fridge for later and go to sleep. Timeline 1) your roommate comes home ......
Things you believed as a child??