“Sanity is not statistical.”
— George Orwell
Simplified Meaning:
Just because most people believe something or act a certain way doesn’t mean it’s correct or rational. Imagine living in a village where everyone believes the earth is flat. Even if you understand that the earth is round, the number of flat-earth believers doesn’t make their belief true. Similarly, an individual might be the only one in a group who thinks clearly, while others are confused or wrong. The idea is that what’s considered sane or insane isn’t determined by majority opinion. If you know something to be true through evidence or reason, trust in your own understanding, even if others disagree. For example, scientists like Galileo were seen as crazy in their time for saying the earth revolves around the sun, but they were actually right.
