Robin Thicke's "Dreamworld" & Dubious Science

From Robin Thicke's Something Else--which I actually like quite a bit, overall--comes this contender for most unintentionally funny line of the year, one that, every time I hear it, I can't help but think, "really?". [1]

It's from "Dreamworld", which, I guess, is Thicke's updated version of "Imagine", i.e., it's full of very earnest wishes for what would make our world a little better. And it's this specific line, which you should read as if it's prefixed with, "wouldn't it be great if...":

Energy would just fall down right from the sky, yeah

Which, the first time I heard it, I was like, "hmm?" And then, the second time, I was like, "but... it does!"

And then I started second-guessing myself, sure that Thicke must mean something more profound, like: wouldn't it be great if we used all of the energy coming from the sun rather than being depressingly dependent upon foreign oil?

And that was when I realized that I'd spent far too much time thinking about Robin Thicke and his lack of knowledge about how things work.

[1] And thanks to Anil for reminding me of this yesterday.