[kevin_thibedeau]

It is a system for modeling concepts invented by man. Everything that falls out of such a system is a product of the invention. Numbers don't inherently exist. Everything derived from that concept can't be a "discovery".

[red75prime]

> Numbers don't inherently exist

How do we know that it is true?

[kevin_thibedeau]

They are symbols that we assign arbitrary meaning to. They are useful because of the axiomatic framework constructed to support them.