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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.