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IDU: Where did math come from?

Is math discovered or invented? Mathematicians invent and create all the mathematical objects, concepts, and methods but everything has to follow the immutable rules of logic in that we have no control over them. So which is it? Discovered? Invented? Emeritus mathematician at Stanford University Keith Devlin joins William Shatner on this week's episode of 'I Don't Understand to explains the origin of mathematics.

IDU: Where did math come from?
Join host William Shatner and seek to answer fascinating and timely questions that pique the natural interest of everyone but that are too-often overlooked by establishment media. “I Don’t Understand” is for curious intellectuals who’d rather be educated than merely entertained by their TV, coming face to face with some of today’s most perplexing conundrums with each mind-blowing episode.