From a mystic standpoint, this can't be. That's not my def of knowing.
Understanding has to be able to transcend common definition.
If it is constrained, one can never see outside of the box. This is sequential thinking. One can know all about Tom before Tom is ever born. What you're describing to me looks like the mechanics of sequential thinking. People might generate models to describe their observations and if those models jive with those models of others, we say it's factual because we can all agree on what we're talking about.