To be able to anticipate and understand events, our mind creates small-scale, greatly simplified models of the perceived reality. This helps us to communicate with others, arrange, store information, and ultimately to survive.
Let's take the Earth's highest mountain as an example. My mental model tells me that if I would attempt to climb Mount Everest, I would surely die in the process--probably, early in the process. For me, this is in the category of near impossibilities, such as riding a T-Rex. I would also have no idea how to approach this task. For other people, climbing Everest might be more than a terrible possibility, maybe a dream and passion. They would surely know how to start, or maybe they have already ...
