In recent times we get more detailed explanations. But take the example of food. In the past, I'm sure people figured our body did something to food that made us use it and provided us with life. We know we need to eat food. In this day and age, we can go deeper and deeper into the explanation of how our body converts food to energy, makes use of nutrients, the digestive system, etc... But once upon a time, people didn't know much other than our body needs food and converts it.
It's not necessary to have detailed knowledge of something as opposed to a simplified form of knowledge for it to be either a good explanation or useful explanation.
It's not necessary to have detailed knowledge of something as opposed to a simplified form of knowledge for it to be either a good explanation or useful explanation.
