Feyerabend explores the difficult process of scientific progress in the classic Against Method. He describes how society finds it difficult to develop new scien

Feyerabend explores the difficult process of scientific progress in the classic Against Method. He describes how society finds it difficult to develop new scientific theories to better explain new evidence because of our confirmation bias to conventional theory. For example the earth was once understood to be at the center of the solar system, when telescopes could better observe planetary behavior it first lead simply to more precise epicycles. In the book he points out that one way we tend to break through this hold on how we frame evidence, is by considering metaphors from the Arts. For example, religious writings helped inform the works of Copernicus and Newton. So to generally answer your question, I think some insights will come to us from the Arts, like science fiction books/movies/games. For example, the show Black Mirror provides some ideas that we may at some point take for granted.