I answered all your questions! Please let me know which one i missed.
what would be the reason to fool everyone into believing the earth is round
I'm sure you could imagine plenty of reasons if you wanted to - but it isn't necessary.
Humanity requires no help, no "fooling", to be consistently stupid and wrong as they historically always are; To believe ridiculous things are true and teach it to their children for centuries (if not millennia).
In my view, no one is "fooled" as much as they are "taught" through conditioning by rote under the guise of education, from childhood. Do you think we had to be "fooled" into thinking the earth was the center of the universe, or that spirits were causing illness (both things we taught at the best schools for centuries, or longer)?
what did anyone gain by doing this?
Again, there are many potential answers to this speculative question that you could imagine if you wanted to. But it isn't necessary, because it is based on a false premise.
I do not believe the earth is flat
Good! Belief is the enemy of knowledge, and to objective study of any kind (it's called bias).
If you believe the world is flat, spherical, or any other shape - you have faith not fact.
but there would have to be a reason to fool people.
Why? People fool themselves, and believe and teach all sorts of nonsense - and always have. Mythology is a natural/biological habit. It seems we prefer to make up an answer rather than live honestly with the self imposed (and unnecessary) shame of ignorance.
That said, speaking in terms of speculation/imagination - i'm sure you could imagine plenty of things which one or a group of people (that knew the world was not the shape and size we are all taught it is) could possibly gain from not sharing that or further - "fooling" people into not discovering it. For example, the aristocracy knew about and had maps of the "new world" for centuries prior to columbus... Do you know what happened when the cat was finally out of the bag and the poor slaves (often rebranded "citizens") found out there was a place to go to escape their miserable lot?
I see a wall of text but I don't see any answers to my question
You should try reading the "wall" of text ;) The answer is there, though you may not like it / find it satisfying. Tl;dr; The reason things fall down is their weight (and the interplay with the media they displace)
you have no idea what the motive is for pushing lies on people about a globe earth.
Lol. Seriously, read the text. It is easy to imagine what a motive to hide the shape of the world might be assuming you believed someone was doing that. As i don't believe anyone is doing that (and it doesn't seem like you do either), your comment is a nonsequitur.
I answered all your questions! Please let me know which one i missed.
I'm sure you could imagine plenty of reasons if you wanted to - but it isn't necessary.
Humanity requires no help, no "fooling", to be consistently stupid and wrong as they historically always are; To believe ridiculous things are true and teach it to their children for centuries (if not millennia).
In my view, no one is "fooled" as much as they are "taught" through conditioning by rote under the guise of education, from childhood. Do you think we had to be "fooled" into thinking the earth was the center of the universe, or that spirits were causing illness (both things we taught at the best schools for centuries, or longer)?
Again, there are many potential answers to this speculative question that you could imagine if you wanted to. But it isn't necessary, because it is based on a false premise.
Good! Belief is the enemy of knowledge, and to objective study of any kind (it's called bias).
If you believe the world is flat, spherical, or any other shape - you have faith not fact.
Why? People fool themselves, and believe and teach all sorts of nonsense - and always have. Mythology is a natural/biological habit. It seems we prefer to make up an answer rather than live honestly with the self imposed (and unnecessary) shame of ignorance.
That said, speaking in terms of speculation/imagination - i'm sure you could imagine plenty of things which one or a group of people (that knew the world was not the shape and size we are all taught it is) could possibly gain from not sharing that or further - "fooling" people into not discovering it. For example, the aristocracy knew about and had maps of the "new world" for centuries prior to columbus... Do you know what happened when the cat was finally out of the bag and the poor slaves (often rebranded "citizens") found out there was a place to go to escape their miserable lot?
You should try reading the "wall" of text ;) The answer is there, though you may not like it / find it satisfying. Tl;dr; The reason things fall down is their weight (and the interplay with the media they displace)
Lol. Seriously, read the text. It is easy to imagine what a motive to hide the shape of the world might be assuming you believed someone was doing that. As i don't believe anyone is doing that (and it doesn't seem like you do either), your comment is a nonsequitur.