Is mathematics independent of the human mind?

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I’ve been quite confused after pondering the relationship between mathematics and the natural world (is there a basis outside the human mind of this great tool we call math? How “lossy” is the conversion of the natural world to the rational human mind?). As I’m also reading Feynman’s Six Easy Pieces, I stumbled on https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/feynman-explains-arithmetic.924124/ and thought to sign up! Looking forward to becoming more confused and more clear.
 
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