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And what if, for the sake of discussion, it were NOT easily proven otherwise and instead just widely **believed** to be?
Can you really imagine NO way that the world not being the shape we believe it to be (and thus all maps being wrong/incomplete) would benefit those who knew otherwise? Again, hypothetically for the sake of discussion.
> I'm more suspicious of Heliocentrism, Darwinism, and Old Earth Chronology, which actually do benefit the jews (or more specifically, their Freemasonic Soyence worshipping lackeys), than I am of the earth's shape.
All of those things heavily influence worldview - which is to say, the creation myth and philosophy of the culture which accepts/believes them… The earths believed shape certainly influences those same things - though I agree, seemingly to a lesser degree.
When I muse upon these ideas, I often think of a quote attributed to Lyndon Johnson… (paraphrased); The ultimate weapon in warfare is not a weapon, but a position.
As you say, you **could** do that without obscuring the entire shape of the world. However, it might be a pretty good way to keep people from trying to travel outside a particular circular enclosure/encampment/prison.
Flat earth would be better for that though. If you believe the earth is round, youll be more likely to explore it, but if you believe its flat, you fear falling off an edge
> If you believe the earth is round, youll be more likely to explore it, but if you believe its flat, you fear falling off an edge
If you believe the earth is any known/established shape, finite, and already thoroughly explored … there is not much reason to further explore it.
Many of the flat earth proponents I have met think of the earth as a “realm”/“plane”. Much like modern conceptions of the universe, it is not imagined/conceptualized to be finite.
Largely, the idea of “an edge” to fall of is a contrived strawman which no one earnestly holds. (historically as well as contemporarily)
Edit: On further musing, and further supporting my last statement above, I think the flat worldview (with an “edge” to fall off of) would actually endlessly encourage exploration, and perhaps this is the reason for the persistent strawman mockery of “fear of falling off”. Just imagine for a second if an edge to the world existed to travel to, and it were common knowledge. We would all want to go there! It would be like Everest (perhaps JUST like it, and for the same reasons), or Niagara. It would likely be a pilgrimage and vacation destination.