Was mathematic discovered or invented?

I want to hear your opinion

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Invented. I guess if you believe in some kind of theism then you could make the argument that it was discovered. It would be a terrible argument but you could make it nonetheless.

bijouxbroussard · F

@TheJudgerNautSquared What do numbers have to do with theism ? One needn’t believe in a deity to be able to [b]count[/b]. 🤔

TheJudgerNautSquared · 41-45, M

Mathematics is a representation and quantification of the material and conceptual, so the only way that it could have been "discovered" is if it had existed before man. Many creationists claim that because there is a logical model that can be applied to demonstrate and predict how the world works, the creator must have used some form of mathematic model in it's creation. Mathematics doesn't exist outside of the human mind, so it had to be invented.