Is Mathematics Discovered Or Invented?

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A question that, remarkably, is still being debated after a few thousand years: is mathematics discovered, or is it invented? Those who answer "discovered" are the intellectual descendants of Plato.

The European Mathematical Society recently devoted space to the debate.

I think for those still in school, there's no discovery or invention behind it; just weird magic.