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So when an agent or computing device performs an operation on real numbers, say division of 1200 by 7, that result is real, even though the instance of this division requires the agent to do it? The answer IS the only answer, but without an agent, there would not be a question in the first place?
That result is logically valid and consistent, but does not have any new physical real-ness that it didn't already have - that is, its correlation and systematic consistency with the rules of how the universe works.
Otherwise, yes, exactly.