“Expanding your map is (I say again) a scientific challenge: part of the art of science, the skill of inquiring into the world.”
Unless you’re doing original research, you could simply read about <subject you don’t understand> until you realize that you have to use separate mental categories for the two distinct objects. Original discovery is far too time-consuming to bother with when you’re just reworking old ground.
“Expanding your map is (I say again) a scientific challenge: part of the art of science, the skill of inquiring into the world.”
Unless you’re doing original research, you could simply read about <subject you don’t understand> until you realize that you have to use separate mental categories for the two distinct objects. Original discovery is far too time-consuming to bother with when you’re just reworking old ground.
Original seeing is still a worthwhile skill to improve and maintain, even if you’re not doing “original research”.