One of the founding tenets of FE seems to be that it would be a massive revelation that would embarrass scientists, so they're all part of the cover-up or believe that the earth is round dogmatically. But major revelations that disprove existing theories happen all the time in science. Scientists aren't embarrassed that they were wrong, they revel in new discovery, in learning something new about the universe. So, to discover that the earth is flat, and that there are unexplored reaches beyond the ring of ice surrounding our planet, would have the scientific community foaming at the mouth to learn what was outside that wall. Instead, the FE theory requires its proponents to believe that scientists are all either lying to protect the reputation of science, or somehow being deceived by a controlling element?

From what I gather FE theory seems to suggest that the earth as we know it is a very good simulation of a round earth. So any experiments you do here on the ground will confirm that the earth is round, because it was constructed to appear that way. Right? Why else would the position of the earth relative to the sun appear to change with the seasons? Why would we appear to be orbiting the sun, and have a moon orbiting us, and have a sky full of celestial bodies which are round, if not to lead you to the idea that the earth is round. The evidence seems to point that way.

So scientists could be very smart and well meaning people, whose own aptitude for logic and experimentation has been used against them. Because who would ever guess something like that? It’s such a complex scheme. Occam’s razor would cut it right out, you’re correct. However they could still be right. You can’t prove that the earth is round and not a very good simulation of something round can you?