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# Are Prime Numbers Made Up?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/infinite-series/episode/are-prime-numbers-made-up-m3a6sf/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:35:16.000Z
- Description: Is math real or simply something made up by mathematicians?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Infinite Series, Season 1, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_ab5f8ee6-a58f-4d90-a157-25935501c15f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_0efdefa6-fb6f-44e5-96f1-baf9a8c090e2, #geo-us, #v1.16

Is math real or simply something made up by mathematicians? You can’t physically touch a number yet using numbers we’re able to build skyscrapers and launch rockets into space. Mathematician Kelsey Houston-Edwards explains this perplexing dilemma and discusses the different viewpoints that philosophers and mathematicians have regarding the realism of mathematics.