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Re:Is math real? by sharts on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:09PM (#37652553)
> the externally perceivable stuff of reality that exists independent of our minds

How can any perception be independent of mind consciousness? And how can mathematics reflect anything other than that consciousness?

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Re:Is math real? by RagnarD on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:49PM (#37653293)
It's perceivable as long as a consciousness exists with sense organs. Existence doesn't depend on that perception. Existence existed long before any minds existed and will it exist long after. ("Long" is a euphemism here for eternally.)
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