well, not necessarily. You can become more muddled by breaking things down quite often as well.
If we think of trees, we can discuss their value clearly without discussing species at all. there are myriad species of tree, but they have trunks and limbs and they can be used to produce wood of varying softness or hardness.
If we think of qi holistically, we don't get muddled over the idea that it is bio electric energy or the humors or an aspect of the humors etc etc.
It is simply breath.
Occam's razor applies here too.