(November 5, 2022 at 9:06 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: they can pretend math is actually there as oppose to accurately model what is there. but it is still not there.
The distribution of primes among the integers, like the Mandelbrot Set, has a specific pattern that exists whether we discover it or aliens in another galaxy do. This leads Platonists to suppose such abstract structures are just "there", like a mountain.