It is what I call mathematico-mysticism. Mathematics is not the some arcane mumbo-jumbo about the nature of the number one versus the nature of the number two. It is not about the nature of anything at all. Mathematics is an activity, a goal-directed activity, like running. Running doesn’t have a nature. Running is what you do when you want to get from A to B in a hurry. Mathematics is what you do when you want to get from Q to A, from question to answer, quickly and reliably.