I changed the Render Distance and the game chunks went crazy.

I changed the render distance from 4 chunks to 5-16 and expected it to just change the render distance like it would.

Instead I changed the render distance from 4 chunks to 5-16 and all the chunks in game went flash crazy and changed non-stop then minecraft crashed

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Minecraft 1.8
2. Create World
3. Climb to the Tallest tree, or just fly up in creative mode
4. Make sure render distance is 1-4 chunks
5. Change render distance to anything above 4 chunks
6. Watch what happens