How do we know math isn’t wrong?

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How do we know math isn’t wrong? Like it works but could it only work due to our perception?

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Math isn’t right or wrong, it just is. It’s a logical deduction from some basic assumptions, called axioms. For example, the theory of natural numbers develops from Peano’s axioms. Some parts of math have nothing to do with the real world and work with completely abstract things. We know that the parts that have something to do with the real world work, because they fit our observations.

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