I think the analogous topic for physics is radiation: that all radiation is a bad, evil, dangerous thing, when radiation is all around us. Visible light is radiation, as are radio waves, and all objects emit radiation in the context of blackbody radiation — the most common experience being that moderately hot things radiate noticeably in the infrared and sometimes in the visible part of the spectrum.

There are other basic, common misconceptions, like things needing an impetus to keep moving, and some more targeted ones, like insulation heats things up. But I think the connection here is in the “it’s evil” misunderstanding.