A Recommendation: Minecraft

[petrus4]

Hey everyone,
This might seem strange, but what I'd like to do in this thread, is encourage anyone who is willing, and who occasionally has an hour or two of spare time, to go and download the game Minecraft.  The reason why I'm suggesting that, is because Minecraft is an environment which actually assists in practical understanding of some of the concepts we discuss here.

As one example, Minecraft has a rapid transit system utilising another dimension called the Nether.  This practically demonstrates, within the context of the game, the concept of dimensional flipping talked about by Tom Bearden, which I mentioned in another thread, and which may provide the basis for at least one form of long distance UFO propulsion.  It is possible to actually build your own transit system within Minecraft, consisting of these Nether Portals, which may help anyone here who is struggling to get their heads around this concept.

As another example, Minecraft can be a wonderful environment for practically testing/implementing at least some elements of sacred geometry.  While the game is cube-based, and thus makes construction of circles difficult, it can still be used to learn about such things as Phi and proportion.  It can also be used as a means for practically applying and demonstrating the Egyptian/medieval Temple Canon in architecture, as described by R.A. Schwaller.

As a third point, Minecraft can offer an environment for beginning to learn about mathematics.  Minecraft's environment is based on a Cartesian grid, and basic mathematics is required for setting up Nether Portals in particular.  So it is possible to first read about Vedic Mathematics, and/or Egyptian binary mathematics.



You can then take what you've read, and start using your own building projects in Minecraft, as a means of practically applying these principles.

As a fourth point, Minecraft can be extremely instructive in introductory systems automation or robotics, if you have the Red Power 2 and ComputerCraft modifications for the game installed.

If you're interested in getting the game, you first need to go to Minecraft.net and download it.  Unfortunately, I paid for it myself back in 2010, and the price has since gone up from $10 to $27; so that might put it out of the reach of some here. 

If you can afford that, though, then in order to get the game with all of the modifications I've mentioned, you will also want to download the DNS Techpack which is a mod pack for the game.  If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, there is a video there with instructions on how to install it; although given that Minecraft has now updated to 1.3.2, and the mod pack is for 1.2.5, you will need to roll back to that version as well.  There are instructions at the top of that page for how to do that.

As a disclaimer, I am not an affiliate or gaining anything in any way by recommending the game to people here.  It has just helped me understand certain ideas which we talk about here, as well as given me incentive to devote more time to learning about mathematics and engineering, so I thought some of the rest of you might find it valuable.

[Amaterasu]

One question...  Is it free?

If not, I cannot presently obtain it.

[Shasta56]

I am waaay too literal sometimes.  I was expecting a suggestion that we all take up mining.  I guess you can take the cat out of the mine, but you can't take the coal dust out of the cat.  And I played in plenty of coal dust before the grands left Hanna.

Shasta