Flat Earthers – I Have Some Questions

Having recently watched the documentary “Behind the Curve” on Netflix, I find myself with more questions left unanswered than answered. So, if any Flat Earthers would like to help me out, I’d greatly appreciate it.

1. Why is it easier to to take over a round world than a flat one?
The documentary purports that the Flat Earth Society (and other similar groups) believe that the myth of a round Earth has been perpetuated conspiracy-theory style by people out to control the world. However, I never saw a sufficient answer to the question of WHY this would be beneficial. What about a convincing people the earth is round makes them easier to subjugate? If the Earth is actually flat, what is the benefit of convincing people it’s not? What benefit is to be gained from the great lengths gone to establish that the world is indeed round if that is not actually the case?

2. When did this all start?
Another claim made by one of the Flat Earthers in the documentary is that the Round Earth delusion a production being put on jointly between the government and Warner Brothers (the MGM lion looks on forlornly). But that puts a start date on all of this at around the 1920s-30s. There are surely people alive today who remember a time before Warner Brothers, right? So, is all of recorded human history made up? Did Columbus land on Hispanola in 1492? Did George Washington cross the Delaware? Did Henry VIII execute several of his wives? Because the theory of a Round Earth goes WAY back. Aristotle, Ptolemy, Galileo. Are these just fabrications of Jack Warner? If so, when does the “true” history begin?

3. Is any science believable? How do you know?
One of the Flat Earthers in the documentary states that dinosaurs were made up by educators to fool us. Another talks about how evolution is incorrect. Jupiter is a projection on the glass dome above us. So, if all of this science we were taught in elementary school is false, what science is to be believed? Does water freeze at 0 degrees Celsius? Do plants use photosynthesis to produce oxygen? Do antibiotics heal bacterial infections? How do you know? What methods can be used to prove or disprove these ideas?

4. Lastly, how do you know who to trust?
I am not particularly good at math and I hated biology. No matter how much I try, I can’t make myself an expert in these areas. So, assuming the answer to #3 is to test things out for yourself, how can I prove or disprove things in math or biology when my disposition is opposed to it? Is there anyone other than myself that I can trust or whose research I can trust? To that end, how can I trust any Flat Earther that responds to these questions? How can I trust books written by Flat Earthers or YouTube videos by them? If I can’t trust history, math, science, or anything I was taught in school, how do I know what I can trust? Or do I just need to blindly follow the doctrines of Flat Earth?

Help me understand, comment below!