In regards to agenda driven science, yes they have dispensed with principles, absolutes, casuality, knowledge, etc.
I stand by my original statement. Scientists don’t know how old the universe really is and there is no definitive way of knowing it.
It’s all a bunch of bullshit guesswork as are most theories, postulations and all the non method driven Science that is so common these days.
“I stand by my original statement”
i.e. “Nothing is certain.”
Are you sure you exist?