Three things you need: The ability to not give up something till it works， the ability to give up something that does not work， and the trust in other people to help you distinguish between the two.
The universe would look to a two-dimensional creature who spend its life moving on the service of what turned out to be a globe， it could travel for millions of years and would always return to its starting point， it would never be conscious of what was above it or beneath it.