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I think the key to answering your question is to try to explain space which is very hard with our human evolved intuition. We acquired so strong intuition about space, edges and boundaries. I tend to think that space we have available in the universe is again result of current state and degrees of freedom in which inherent randomness can be channeled. It also has memory in quantum fields, that's why we don't collapse…
Interesting response. This makes me think of the concept of cognitive closure in philosophy. In essence, humans can understand things only up to a limit in the chain of evolution - just like an animal, for example, an ant can "understand" things only up to its limit. This provides a better context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_closure_(philosophy) . Is this something similar to what you mean?
Mental models humans create for different things like space and time, are heavily influenced by the structure of our brain neural network and previous experience. I would say that structure however plays much greater role in creating mental models in compare to experience. Not sure if a research exists on this subject? Probably yes? Findings would definitely be interesting to make further conclusions on cognitive closures regarding humans.
I think the main weapon for shaping and playing with our mental models is abstraction and reduction. With these we might be able to extend the limits of our understanding of things beyond what we inherited from out evolutionary history.
That way we developed tools like mathematics which further enables us to prove theories completely opposing "common sense" and intuition.
I think we have preconditions to extend our limits of understanding significantly. What do you think?