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by everybodyknows 2730 days ago
Fun xkcd, but mathematics does not belong on a continuum of the scientific disciplines, all of which seek to describe nature.

"Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Kronecker

Verbose, highly literal translation: "Loving God created the absolute integers; all else is the work of humanity."