I'm 57 and like you, I keep up.

The real lesson here is, if you don't keep re-educating yourself as you move through your career, yes, you're going to age out.

Your statement is not true. There is this little thing called competition. In a tight labor market, companies have to be very careful what conditions they can mandate, or risk losing people. So while the government doesn't tie their hands in this regard, the free market does.

For example, there's a move right now towards hybrid work. I personally want fully remote work. This is not a problem, there are still plenty of companies that embrace fully remote work, I have no problem finding work that meets the conditions I consider important. For others who don't care as much, they can take those hybrid jobs.

The same pattern applies to every mandate employers try to impose. We do have options, and that keeps the power of these corporations in check.

I disagree. It does mean that science alone cannot explain the existence of the first thing. It does not mean that we cannot find the truth of the matter. We just know that that truth lies outside the boundaries of science.

According to your link:

[Quantum vacuum state] is "by no means a simple empty space"
The vacuum state is not truly empty but instead contains fleeting electromagnetic waves and particles that pop into and out of existence

Key words: It's not truly empty / nothing. This vacuum state concept does not propose that an entire universe could suddenly sprint into existence from such a vacuum state.

In the days of alchemy, many people tried to find a chemical reaction that could turn base metals into gold. Such a thing does not exist. But today, we know that using radioactive decay, or fission or fusion, it is in fact possible to turn other elements into gold. The principles of chemistry are still valid, but the understanding of atomic interactions is a lower level.

This is what we are seeing here. The laws of physics are not violated by your quantum vacuum state. Matter and energy still cannot be destroyed or created. The quantum vacuum is a lower level, but it does not nullify the preservation of matter and energy.

That may be true, but they could be manipulated into killing or doing bad things for money or power or sex or a host of other reasons. Religion isn't the reason, it's the excuse. Your personal prejudice causes you to blame religion even when it's not at fault.

Just as you don't see your EU problems as serious, I don't see our US problems as serious. There are plenty of opportunities and plenty of good jobs. Most of us never encounter situations where we have the need to resolve a serious dispute that is subject to the binding arbitration agreement. Most of us like our coworkers and get along reasonably well. Most of us don't work unreasonable hours and aren't subject to abuse.

So it's perspective.

Because that non-sentient force is also a thing, that also had to have an origin. It also had to be created from and by something. All your logic does, is push the "origin" of the universe back further. You can keep extrapolating your logic back further and further, but eventually, there has to be *the very first thing.* And that very first thing, be it quantum fluctuations or some non-sentient force, had to come from somewhere.

This question is like asking police detectives which theory of a crime is the correct one. In some cases, there are many theories proposed, each of which implicates or exonerates different people. Police detectives follow the evidence to figure out which theories can be eliminated, and which ones cannot. They aren't always successful, but there is a method. That same forensic analysis can be applied to the question of "which religion is correct." The question is not unanswerable.

YOUR religion says "There is no God." Can we use forensic analysis to determine whether your religion is correct? Yes, I think so, and that chain of logic is outlined above. "Things don't create themselves."

You're going to have to do better than just insist. Do you have a source? Things don't create themselves *in a vacuum* or anywhere.

Physics has a Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/explo.... Matter can be "created" but when it is, energy is consumed. Matter can be destroyed, but when it is, energy is released. Matter cannot be created from...nothing.

No, that is untrue. Show me a source that backs you up. See above law of physics. Your entire theory is based on an untruth.

Oh really, you're going to play the ignorance card? You're going to tell me there are no employment issues in Europe? Maybe you haven't been paying attention.

It wasn't hard to find reports of EU worker discontent.

https://www.euronews.com/busin...
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europ...
https://www.euronews.com/trave...
https://apnews.com/article/eur...
https://www.reuters.com/world/...
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/vi...

Yes, it's far from good. If I'm a high-value employee, I want to work, I don't want to just sit around being paid for doing nothing.

Things exist. Things don't create themselves. Therefore there must be a creator.

It's that simple.

Even if you suppose that quantum effects caused the Big Bang, even quantum effects are things that exist, and had to have a cause. To say that quantum effects have no cause at all, is religion.

This argument is like saying "All serial killers are mentally ill, therefore we should lock up all mentally ill people forever." Just because some serial killers (or 9/11 attackers) blame religion for their actions, doesn't mean we *should* blame religion for their actions.

This is like a blind person proclaiming that they see no evidence that light exists. The evidence is all around you. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

Things exist. Things don't create themselves. Therefore, there is a Creator. It's that simple. I feel sad that you can't see this.

Just because the truth is hard to find (you know, the one religion that got it right), doesn't mean it can't be found, or that it doesn't exist.

I know you Europeans look down your noses at us US workers. Yes, we have our issues, but so do you. They are just different issues.

Well, you pay money for a Kindle book, but you don't actually own it. Amazon still owns it and can take it away from you at any time.