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"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 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".