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Comment author: Peterdjones 09 October 2014 03:32:14AM 0 points [-]

Mathematics are so firmly grounded in the physical reality that when observations don't line up with what our math tells us, we must change our understanding of reality, not of math. This is because math is inextricably tied to reality, not because it is separate from it.

On the other hand...

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_logic_empirical%3F