So guys, I know we all lay Minecraft here. But have you guys ever looked up and wondered, "Why the heck does the sky look like that?" "Why is the sun always opposite of the moon?" "Why do the stars always stay in the same place?". I would like you all to post your theories on why this is like this.
My theory is this, and it's a very long one:
So the Minecraft world seems to be at the center of the universe, yes? And in the Minecraft sky, you only have stars, nothing else, yes? I think this is because of the fact that the Minecraft world IS at the center of its universe.
I say that Minecraft takes place in the very, very far future of Earth. The sun has become a black dwarf and Earth is a cold, black world. Any intelligent life would have found a way to survive in this time. Now, on another point, let's say that the universe has expanded so much that we can only see a handful of stars in the sky. This would explain why the sky is so blank. Also, the fact that the stars never move means that the Minecraft stars must rotate around the Minecraft World. Back to the first point, the intelligent species, in theory, would have taken this black dwarf of a sun and gradually imported stone, dirt, and life there. Then they would take the Earth and blow it up somewhat and make it into a new sun. This would explain why the moon and sun seem to revolve around the Minecraft world. It would also explain the bedrock layer: Black dwarfs are big balls of superdense stone, almost unbreakable.
So, you ask, why are we not instantly crushed by the Earth-Sun's gravity? Perhaps this is why the void exists: hollowing out the sun to reduce its gravity. And perhaps this is also why the landscape is cubic: the early gravity pulling the round objects into flat ones.
I think this theory will completely explain the Minecraft World and why it looks like this. Now, what's your theory?
Once upon a time lived humans on planet Earth. Across thousands of generations they lived in harmony with nature, and prospered. But sometime in the early 2nd millennium, these intelligent beings grew more selfish and corrupt, caring only for themselves. Accompanied by exponentially expanding technology, they dug out Earth's resources, razed huge areas of land and caused yet another mass-extinction of their planet's ecosystem. The Earth did not care, though, as it can survive and regenerate its past equilibrium just like countless times before. However, humans have modified their environment so quickly and in such a large scale that their own physiology could not adapt fast enough. Indeed, they seek control over nature, but soon realize, albeit too late, that they were turning their environment into something they cannot survive, and in doing so have put their own fate in nature's unforgiving hands.
But selfish as they were, they did not seek solutions to amend their mistakes. Instead, they continue to push forward the war against nature, the war against themselves. Their lives have become dull, repetitive, they rely on pieces of paper known as money to sustain their own life. They lost the skills of their ancestors, some no longer even know how to cook food or build fix their shelter. Although their collective knowledge has flourished, their individual average abilities have diminished. Most live uninteresting, repetitive lives, working and serving those above them, those who care only for themselves.
To escape their desperate monotony, they have invented simulators. They have created, using the very technologies that distanced them from nature, to attempt to reunite with nature, to attempt to feel what it is like being a small individual in a vast and infinite world. Again with their selfishness, they created simulations that placed them in the center of the world, in the center of the Universe. They have the illusion of control, they think they are powerful since they can manipulate these worlds as they wish, thus these simulations became more and more popular amongst the human species... They are lost in space, lost in time. They are losing their sense of nature, they are losing against nature.
Well, I know that is true. But think of it this way: this is in the very, very far future, when there are not many stars around. And the intelligent beings of this time might have found out a way to make it so the nearby stars orbit around them (otherwise, the stars would just go flying into space!). It could also be that those are not stars; they are many, many little planets made from the remains of all of the current planets, maybe even other solar systems' planets. Or it could be the remnants of the once-burning sun. There are many possibilities.
"What about the possibility of the void being a black hole?" - Jake1702
If the void was a black hole, everything in Minecraft would almost instantly be squished to a size smaller than an atom. So no, it can't be a black hole.
"What about the possibility of the void being a black hole?" - Jake1702
If the void was a black hole, everything in Minecraft would almost instantly be squished to a size smaller than an atom. So no, it can't be a black hole.
That's not at all accurate, the black hole could have been a star before. For example, if the sun turned into a black hole, the gravitational pull from this distance would be largely unchanged, it's only when you enter the event horizon you would be squished. Let's consider the level you start to take damage in the void the event horizon, that's why you die, it crushes you to death.
Maybe Event Horizon is the exact point at which bedrock stops and the Void begins. That would explain why the bedrock layer starts so hagged at y=5, but is completely smooth underneath y=0.
Ah, true, and it would obviously explain the gravity UNDER the void.
I think it's more like Creative turns you omnipotent, and makes you immune to the laws of physics, which is why you're completely invulnerable to any damage, and why you can fly by just walking through the air.
It probably casts you into some parallel universe but still keeps a link to the world. Similar with spectator mode I guess.
That's not at all accurate, the black hole could have been a star before. For example, if the sun turned into a black hole, the gravitational pull from this distance would be largely unchanged, it's only when you enter the event horizon you would be squished. Let's consider the level you start to take damage in the void the event horizon, that's why you die, it crushes you to death.
Well, if you replaced the sun with a black hole of equivalent mass (there's no way this could naturally happen though without the sun obtaining at least 2.4 times its mass first) the gravitational pull would remain entirely unchanged. Earthlings would know of the fact ca. eight and a half minutes later when everything suddenly goes dark, with the only remaining light sources being terrestrial.
Over the next few months it would become very very cold, all life would have to retreat to tectonically active zones underground or on the ocean floor. Earth's orbit however would not change one millimeter. It would be happily orbiting the black hole as it did the sun.
Gravity is an attribute of spacetime BTW (by its curvature), not a "real" force like the other three basic ones, so this allows for even more interesting theories.
Whatever, the void under the MC world, if it is a black hole, seems to be the remnant of something considerably more massive than Sun, because a sun mass BH would have a schwarzschild radius of just 3 km. You would be teared apart near-instantly at the event horizon due to the gravity increasing so tremendously over tiny distances. At the other extreme, you could in fact fall "safely" into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center and not notice a difference in your surroundings for a long time.
In the MC void you can fall 70ish meters before starting to take gravitational "spaghettification" damage. A black hole that size would be very massive and gravity on the world's surface would be many times as high than on Earth. But maybe this is not a black hole but "just" a dense core of dark matter? Then the damage would be due to "simply" entering a vacuum below a fabricated world you are not supposed to leave.
So: Is the MC overworld in fact the outside of a Dyson Sphere, enclosing the remains of a supermassive star or a compact core of dark matter (a kind of giant reactor?), which in turn is orbited by a G type dwarf star and an artificial satellite in orbital resonance, both probably near enough to be also tidally locked?
That doesn't explain the world's blockiness though, and neither the Nether or the End
So when we fly back up in creative mode... we're going faster than light? Ha! I knew that technology would exist one day
May also explain the old void particles from previous versions, but why did they dissapear?
Well, if you replaced the sun with a black hole of equivalent mass (there's no way this could naturally happen though without the sun obtaining at least 2.4 times its mass first) the gravitational pull would remain entirely unchanged. Earthlings would know of the fact ca. eight and a half minutes later when everything suddenly goes dark, with the only remaining light sources being terrestrial.
Over the next few months it would become very very cold, all life would have to retreat to tectonically active zones underground or on the ocean floor. Earth's orbit however would not change one millimeter. It would be happily orbiting the black hole as it did the sun.
Gravity is an attribute of spacetime BTW (by its curvature), not a "real" force like the other three basic ones, so this allows for even more interesting theories.
Whatever, the void under the MC world, if it is a black hole, seems to be the remnant of something considerably more massive than Sun, because a sun mass BH would have a schwarzschild radius of just 3 km. You would be teared apart near-instantly at the event horizon due to the gravity increasing so tremendously over tiny distances. At the other extreme, you could in fact fall "safely" into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center and not notice a difference in your surroundings for a long time.
In the MC void you can fall 70ish meters before starting to take gravitational "spaghettification" damage. A black hole that size would be very massive and gravity on the world's surface would be many times as high than on Earth. But maybe this is not a black hole but "just" a dense core of dark matter? Then the damage would be due to "simply" entering a vacuum below a fabricated world you are not supposed to leave.
So: Is the MC overworld in fact the outside of a Dyson Sphere, enclosing the remains of a supermassive star or a compact core of dark matter (a kind of giant reactor?), which in turn is orbited by a G type dwarf star and an artificial satellite in orbital resonance, both probably near enough to be also tidally locked?
That doesn't explain the world's blockiness though, and neither the Nether or the End
Well if all light was gone organisms deep under the ocean would be fine for billions of years as they use the heat from the Earth itself. Also, if the mass of a black hole is the same as the sun, then the gravity would not be higher in the world. It would literally be the same. Let's consider the Nether and End two nightmare zones and the portals simply inject you with some weird drug you have never heard of before which makes you fall asleep and have weird dreams. None of it actually happened xD.
Well, if you replaced the sun with a black hole of equivalent mass (there's no way this could naturally happen though without the sun obtaining at least 2.4 times its mass first) the gravitational pull would remain entirely unchanged. Earthlings would know of the fact ca. eight and a half minutes later when everything suddenly goes dark, with the only remaining light sources being terrestrial.
Over the next few months it would become very very cold, all life would have to retreat to tectonically active zones underground or on the ocean floor. Earth's orbit however would not change one millimeter. It would be happily orbiting the black hole as it did the sun.
Gravity is an attribute of spacetime BTW (by its curvature), not a "real" force like the other three basic ones, so this allows for even more interesting theories.
Whatever, the void under the MC world, if it is a black hole, seems to be the remnant of something considerably more massive than Sun, because a sun mass BH would have a schwarzschild radius of just 3 km. You would be teared apart near-instantly at the event horizon due to the gravity increasing so tremendously over tiny distances. At the other extreme, you could in fact fall "safely" into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center and not notice a difference in your surroundings for a long time.
In the MC void you can fall 70ish meters before starting to take gravitational "spaghettification" damage. A black hole that size would be very massive and gravity on the world's surface would be many times as high than on Earth. But maybe this is not a black hole but "just" a dense core of dark matter? Then the damage would be due to "simply" entering a vacuum below a fabricated world you are not supposed to leave.
So: Is the MC overworld in fact the outside of a Dyson Sphere, enclosing the remains of a supermassive star or a compact core of dark matter (a kind of giant reactor?), which in turn is orbited by a G type dwarf star and an artificial satellite in orbital resonance, both probably near enough to be also tidally locked?
That doesn't explain the world's blockiness though, and neither the Nether or the End
So guys, I know we all lay Minecraft here. But have you guys ever looked up and wondered, "Why the heck does the sky look like that?" "Why is the sun always opposite of the moon?" "Why do the stars always stay in the same place?". I would like you all to post your theories on why this is like this.
My theory is this, and it's a very long one:
So the Minecraft world seems to be at the center of the universe, yes? And in the Minecraft sky, you only have stars, nothing else, yes? I think this is because of the fact that the Minecraft world IS at the center of its universe.
I say that Minecraft takes place in the very, very far future of Earth. The sun has become a black dwarf and Earth is a cold, black world. Any intelligent life would have found a way to survive in this time. Now, on another point, let's say that the universe has expanded so much that we can only see a handful of stars in the sky. This would explain why the sky is so blank. Also, the fact that the stars never move means that the Minecraft stars must rotate around the Minecraft World. Back to the first point, the intelligent species, in theory, would have taken this black dwarf of a sun and gradually imported stone, dirt, and life there. Then they would take the Earth and blow it up somewhat and make it into a new sun. This would explain why the moon and sun seem to revolve around the Minecraft world. It would also explain the bedrock layer: Black dwarfs are big balls of superdense stone, almost unbreakable.
So, you ask, why are we not instantly crushed by the Earth-Sun's gravity? Perhaps this is why the void exists: hollowing out the sun to reduce its gravity. And perhaps this is also why the landscape is cubic: the early gravity pulling the round objects into flat ones.
I think this theory will completely explain the Minecraft World and why it looks like this. Now, what's your theory?
What about the possibility of the void being a black hole?
My Survival Island map: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/maps/2734254-survisland-a-simple-survival-island-map-1-8
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Once upon a time lived humans on planet Earth. Across thousands of generations they lived in harmony with nature, and prospered. But sometime in the early 2nd millennium, these intelligent beings grew more selfish and corrupt, caring only for themselves. Accompanied by exponentially expanding technology, they dug out Earth's resources, razed huge areas of land and caused yet another mass-extinction of their planet's ecosystem. The Earth did not care, though, as it can survive and regenerate its past equilibrium just like countless times before. However, humans have modified their environment so quickly and in such a large scale that their own physiology could not adapt fast enough. Indeed, they seek control over nature, but soon realize, albeit too late, that they were turning their environment into something they cannot survive, and in doing so have put their own fate in nature's unforgiving hands.
But selfish as they were, they did not seek solutions to amend their mistakes. Instead, they continue to push forward the war against nature, the war against themselves. Their lives have become dull, repetitive, they rely on pieces of paper known as money to sustain their own life. They lost the skills of their ancestors, some no longer even know how to cook food or build fix their shelter. Although their collective knowledge has flourished, their individual average abilities have diminished. Most live uninteresting, repetitive lives, working and serving those above them, those who care only for themselves.
To escape their desperate monotony, they have invented simulators. They have created, using the very technologies that distanced them from nature, to attempt to reunite with nature, to attempt to feel what it is like being a small individual in a vast and infinite world. Again with their selfishness, they created simulations that placed them in the center of the world, in the center of the Universe. They have the illusion of control, they think they are powerful since they can manipulate these worlds as they wish, thus these simulations became more and more popular amongst the human species... They are lost in space, lost in time. They are losing their sense of nature, they are losing against nature.
Oh wait, that "theory" sounds familiar. ^.^
Well, I know that is true. But think of it this way: this is in the very, very far future, when there are not many stars around. And the intelligent beings of this time might have found out a way to make it so the nearby stars orbit around them (otherwise, the stars would just go flying into space!). It could also be that those are not stars; they are many, many little planets made from the remains of all of the current planets, maybe even other solar systems' planets. Or it could be the remnants of the once-burning sun. There are many possibilities.
"What about the possibility of the void being a black hole?" - Jake1702
If the void was a black hole, everything in Minecraft would almost instantly be squished to a size smaller than an atom. So no, it can't be a black hole.
That's not at all accurate, the black hole could have been a star before. For example, if the sun turned into a black hole, the gravitational pull from this distance would be largely unchanged, it's only when you enter the event horizon you would be squished. Let's consider the level you start to take damage in the void the event horizon, that's why you die, it crushes you to death.
My Survival Island map: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/maps/2734254-survisland-a-simple-survival-island-map-1-8
Looking for some help developing this mod (I'm new to modding): http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/2769007-the-bucketeer-mod
Ah, true, and it would obviously explain the gravity UNDER the void.
My Survival Island map: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/maps/2734254-survisland-a-simple-survival-island-map-1-8
Looking for some help developing this mod (I'm new to modding): http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/2769007-the-bucketeer-mod
So when we fly back up in creative mode... we're going faster than light? Ha! I knew that technology would exist one day
It probably casts you into some parallel universe but still keeps a link to the world. Similar with spectator mode I guess.
Well, if you replaced the sun with a black hole of equivalent mass (there's no way this could naturally happen though without the sun obtaining at least 2.4 times its mass first) the gravitational pull would remain entirely unchanged. Earthlings would know of the fact ca. eight and a half minutes later when everything suddenly goes dark, with the only remaining light sources being terrestrial.
Over the next few months it would become very very cold, all life would have to retreat to tectonically active zones underground or on the ocean floor. Earth's orbit however would not change one millimeter. It would be happily orbiting the black hole as it did the sun.
Gravity is an attribute of spacetime BTW (by its curvature), not a "real" force like the other three basic ones, so this allows for even more interesting theories.
Whatever, the void under the MC world, if it is a black hole, seems to be the remnant of something considerably more massive than Sun, because a sun mass BH would have a schwarzschild radius of just 3 km. You would be teared apart near-instantly at the event horizon due to the gravity increasing so tremendously over tiny distances. At the other extreme, you could in fact fall "safely" into the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center and not notice a difference in your surroundings for a long time.
In the MC void you can fall 70ish meters before starting to take gravitational "spaghettification" damage. A black hole that size would be very massive and gravity on the world's surface would be many times as high than on Earth. But maybe this is not a black hole but "just" a dense core of dark matter? Then the damage would be due to "simply" entering a vacuum below a fabricated world you are not supposed to leave.
So: Is the MC overworld in fact the outside of a Dyson Sphere, enclosing the remains of a supermassive star or a compact core of dark matter (a kind of giant reactor?), which in turn is orbited by a G type dwarf star and an artificial satellite in orbital resonance, both probably near enough to be also tidally locked?
That doesn't explain the world's blockiness though, and neither the Nether or the End
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May also explain the old void particles from previous versions, but why did they dissapear?
Well if all light was gone organisms deep under the ocean would be fine for billions of years as they use the heat from the Earth itself. Also, if the mass of a black hole is the same as the sun, then the gravity would not be higher in the world. It would literally be the same. Let's consider the Nether and End two nightmare zones and the portals simply inject you with some weird drug you have never heard of before which makes you fall asleep and have weird dreams. None of it actually happened xD.
My Survival Island map: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/maps/2734254-survisland-a-simple-survival-island-map-1-8
Looking for some help developing this mod (I'm new to modding): http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/2769007-the-bucketeer-mod
Ack! Brain cramp!