For sure we are missing something. But what hope do we have of understanding the more complicated case, before we figure out what we can know in simpler cases? The eventual goal is to move back to the more complicated cases.
What if the approach to the simpler cases is not applicable to the harder ones. Studying the simple may shape ones thoughts in a way that prevents seeing the way to harder problems. Maybe? Sometimes new things are discovered because someone didn't know any better and tried something they were not ready for. Innovation sometimes comes from the self taught.
