Your mental model of the world is just a representation of the world. In order to fit the big world in your little head, many things are omitted or distorted. you will never see the real world, only your map.
There might not even be a meaningful distinction between your experience of "you" and your map.
Related:: [[../_inbox/the map is the terrain and the terrain is a projection]] via:: [[../../www/-meta.log-2020-12]]