Have you ever heard of the Gestalt Principles? These are part of a theory of perception that examines how humans group similar objects in order to interpret the complex world around them.
According to the Gestalt principle of proximity, elements that are closer together are perceived to be more related than elements that are farther apart, helping us understand and organize information faster and more efficiently.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.pinecone.io/learn/k-nearest-neighbor/