Once we asked a question: What is the moment that makes you feel most terrifying about Minecraft?
I thought someone would mention what cave sounds, what 11 records, what Herobrine. However, the player's answer is bizarre: "When I turned around and saw Minecraft's sheep climbing the ladder, I felt creepy!" The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, so I turned off the game in fright. ”
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Interpreting the roots of terror from a psychological point of view;
There is a technical term in the field of psychology called the "uncanny valley effect" which was proposed by Ernst Jentsch in his 1906 paper "Uncanny Valley Psychology", and his ideas were elaborated by Freud in his 1919 paper "Uncanny Valley", thus becoming a famous theory.
The original English text of the uncanny valley is "The Uncanny Valley", Uncanny originally meant that it will make people have strange emotions, which will slowly ferment to make people afraid and afraid. A mysterious, unspeakable emotion. So it's a very subtle, and it's a process of gradient from shallow to deep.
Originally, the Uncanny Valley effect was applied to robots. People have found that when a robot looks, facial features, and behaves more and more like a human being, humans will begin to become more and more disgusted, and even feel some fear. This fear even extends to the idea of whether robots will let humans perish in the future.
But the question is, what does this have to do with the "frightening" point of Minecraft that we're going to talk about today?
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Minecraft Uncanny Valley Effect;
Let's revert to the original example, many people, including you, probably did this in Minecraft: dig two blocks deep, point into a noodle and pull out a standard 2-block pit to trap chickens, cows, sheep, pigs, these traditional creatures, because they can provide ingredients, leather, wool, eggs, feathers, and even as mounts. Developing animal husbandry and making deals with villagers is also one of the most efficient ways to play survival in Minecraft.
Because under normal circumstances, no creature can cross a two-block block, in order to facilitate the hunting and breeding of animals, you think of a way to put a ladder in the corner of the pit to facilitate your own entry and exit, up and down. You would never have thought that these animals would climb ladders besides you! Because in subconscious cognition, humans are the only ones who can use tools, animals are not. So when you look at the sheep, an unparalleled deep fear springs up from the bottom of your heart! Because you realize that it's starting to have human behavior, even consciousness.
It is stated in the wiki that any creature can climb the ladder in the same way as the player: push them up the ladder. Creatures are not smart enough to use ladders by their own volition, and they don't stay on ladders, but they can climb up if ladders come into contact with them.
This fear is the "uncanny valley effect", and there are currently two explanations for its origin, the first of which is that the xenophobic physiological mechanism of self-defense produced by human beings in the long evolution will produce fear and then eliminate any creature that may threaten to evolve to the same level as humans. The second explanation is that this is caused by a kind of "cognitive uncertainty", that is, you originally knew it as a sheep, and now it has become a "person", and this sudden change in morphological cognition will cause fear, discomfort, and disgust.
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The world-famous case of the "Uncanny Valley";
The Doll Island Incident; on Lake Teshuilo, south of Mexico City, there is a creepy Doll Island. It is famous for the fact that there are more than a thousand "ghost dolls" scattered around the island. The weirdest thing is that even if you're fishing on an island, you might be able to catch an old ragdoll in the lake. Later, more and more curious people hung their dolls here, and today, the island is full of dolls. It has become one of the most eerie and frightening islands in the world.
The Rain Girl Incident; How terrifying is this painting that has been retracted three times? Many people call the painting "Rain Girl" one of the world's top ten forbidden paintings, the legend about it is very bizarre, it has experienced many people's buyers, but the unsurprising ending is very tragic, suicide or mental collapse, after all, this painting can not be sold. And this painting has now become the classic uncanny valley effect. Because the more people stare at her, they feel that they are also being watched. The most bizarre thing is that this famous "Rain Girl" has been confirmed to be an urban legend, which means that it has never appeared in this world, because the identity of the painter, the information of the buyer, and even the painting cannot be confirmed anywhere today.
What do you think of at this point? Yes, any painting in Minecraft has "eyes", the spectator mode can open the perspective of the painting, and your Minecraft's every move is being monitored...
One of the most bizarre is this painting called "Creebet", because no matter what angle you are in, the eyes of the coolie will stare at you deadly. Then you can try it