Estimates of the age of the Earth made prior to about 1950, biblical or otherwise, are all wrong, because they were based on methods now known to be … - Brent Dalrymple

Invoking unique, supernatural, or extraordinary causes to explain natural history was to Buffon both unnecessary and unproductive.

I was not overly enthusiastic about appearing in court. The goal of both the courts and science is to discover the truth, but the methods of the two are so different that it is difficult for most scientists to enter the legal arena with any degree of confidence. Finally, there was a natural reluctance, common to most scientists, to spend any time dealing with nonsense; the tenets of “scientific” creationism are so absurd that it seems most appropriate simply to ignore them.

If two or more radiometric clocks running at different rates give the same age, this is powerful evidence that the ages are correct.