If electricity stopped working it would scare the population and they wouldn’t know what to do but over time for example a year after, the population most likely would’ve adapted to this obstacle or learned how to overcome it bringing new ideas and new solutions to problems that needed electricity
This quote means that every one has their own way to do things that work for them and others have another way to get the same result So you have to Respect them because you both get the same answer in the case it is 9, so just respect their way of thinking