Theory: The Nether physically exists directly below the overworld

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DISCLAIMER: I don't know if this is something that's already been covered or not, I haven't engaged with the Minecraft community much, so if this is already confirmed.... oops? So I was thinking about bedrock and the bedrock ceiling in the Nether, which made me wonder if it was the exact same bedrock layer in the overworld, which leads mento believe the Nether physically exists directly below the overworld. (I know there's technically the void above the nether/below the overworld, but I don't consider the void to be canon, as it only exists below what is coded as an unbreakable block, only breakable through use of glitches and exploits) Evidence: - The Advancement "We Need To Go Deeper". Pretty self-explanatory. Lava flows faster, which only happens when it contains specific components. These components don't exist in lava in the overworld, because.... they're seperated due to the layer of bedrock. The nether evaporates water instantly, meaning it's incredibly hot, which could mean it's much closer to the "core" of the Minecraft world than the overworld. "Bedrock", meaning "bottom rock" or "rock at bottom". Either the old builders discovered bedrock, assumed nothing was below it and named it that, only to either A: discover the bedrock ceiling in the nether later and not rename it, or B: realize the bedrock layer in the nether is the same one as the layer in the overworld. (I don't know much about the old builders other than they liked to build and discover shit so I could be completely wrong here) If the old builders had TRUELY discovered a new dimension, why would they want to go to The End so bad? Maybe they realized they didn't REALLY go to a new dimension, they only bypassed the bedrock layer. One block in the nether is 8 blocks in the overworld. If the Minecraft world is a sphere, then it's possible Nether portals just displace entities vertically in relation to the strongest gravitational force present. If the nether is MUCH closer to the center of the world, it would make sense how 1 block in the nether is equal to 8 blocks. The circumference of the nether would be much smaller than the overworlds, so horizontal displacement would get multiplied since rotational displacement grows as the distance increases (see diagram) submitted by /u/-Piano- [link] [comments]

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