Make up your mind before declaring you are right! 'It is it is not, it is, it is not...
Why do think they didn't declare it? Could it be that they didn't know for sure. Obviously they didn't use dad's method of doing things....
dad: The universe wasn't like it is today.
Kid: How was it like.
dad: Time works differently back then.
Kid: Interesting. How did you find out it was like that
dad: Because I know time was different then.
Kid: So you measured it? Radiometric dating?
dad: No. You can't date it because time was different back then.
Kid: So how did you know that it was different?
dad: Because time today is different from back then.
Kid: I know you said that, but how did you know it was like that?
dad: Because time worked differently.
Kid: So you don't actually know?
dad: I do know. Prove that time was the same.
Kid: You said we can't date anything from the past. Can you explain your method so I can also know that time was different?
dad: .......*silence*.....
Kid: Please?
dad: .....*silence*.....
Kid: Anytime now.
we are right whatever we declare because in any event whatever it turns out to be we predicted it
So that's how time works. Got it.
There is a whole set of beliefs that go into declaring what is a planet out in deep space. Not least of these is the beliefs that determine how far away the object is. (they assume time exists out there as it does here for no reason and set distances/sizes accordingly)
Ha
Then it's about time you explain and teach them how time works out there. I'm sure your method of knowing that time is different in the past should work here too. Care to explain to us so we can pass it along to them? Hurry, with the virus going around, time is of the essence.
Kids know what they are taught. Sometimes they may even have little BS detectors and get suspicious of a load of nonsense that smells.
Ahhhhhh. So you did noticed my BS detector going off when I read the OP. I want to make sure that it was my detector because there are a lot of them here. And it's usually like fireworks going off whenever you post your replies.