STRANGE BEDFELLOWS:
● Metaphysics points to God (not necessarily using the terminology) and what God has to say about the material world, namely that it doesn’t exist!
● Quantum physics has the audacity to make the same claim and then go poking around in matter to prove that matter doesn’t exist!!
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●●● met·a·phys·ics = The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, possibility and actuality.
2. (used with a pl. verb) The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline: the metaphysics of law.
3. A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment.
4. Excessively subtle or recondite reasoning.
● first principles, esp of being and knowing
2. (Philosophy) the philosophical study of the nature of reality, concerned with such questions as the
●●● EXISTENCE OF GOD [emphasis mine] the external world, etc

met•a•phys•ics
● treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology.
2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches.
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e•pis•te•mol•o•gy = branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge.
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on·tol·o·gy = branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being.
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cos·mol·o·gy =
1. The study of the physical universe considered as a totality of phenomena in time and space.
2.
a. The astrophysical study of the history, structure, and constituent dynamics of the universe.
b. A specific theory or model of this structure and these dynamics.
● 3. A philosophical, religious, or mythical explanation of the nature and structure of the universe.

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QUANTUM PHYSICS =
The branch of physics that uses quantum theory to describe and predict the properties of a physical system. Also called quantum mechanics.

QUANTUM THEORY =
1. A theory in physics based on the principle that matter and energy have the properties of both particles and waves, created to explain the radiation of energy from a blackbody, the photoelectric effect, and the Bohr theory, and now used to account for a wide range of physical phenomena, including the existence of discrete packets of energy and matter, the uncertainty principle, and the exclusion principle.
(Atomic Physics) a theory concerning the behaviour of physical systems based on Planck’s idea that they can only possess certain properties, such as energy and angular momentum, in discrete amounts (quanta). The theory later developed in several equivalent mathematical forms based on De Broglie’s theory and on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. See wave mechanics
1. a theory for predicting the discrete energy states of atoms and of radiation.
2. any theory that describes a force or field using the methods of quantum mechanics: a quantum theory of gravitation.
quantum theory
A theory in physics based on the principle that matter and energy behave both as particles and as waves. According to this theory, matter and energy are composed of tiny units of electromagnetic energy called quanta. Quantum theory is used to explain such phenomena as the photoelectric effect and the uncertainty principle. ♦ Another term for quantum theory is quantum mechanics, which also refers specifically to the use of quantum theory in studying the structure and behavior of atoms and molecules.
quantum theory
The theory that electromagnetic radiation consists of units called quanta or photons