Ben levi, you are avoiding my question (purposely?)
In chazal’s time the general public beleived that lice were generated fom sweat, that there was a solid dome covering the earth etc etc.
I would have said (based on my view today no childish but we dont know hwere i wouldeve been yada yad)Something along the lines of “wow chazal are really up to date on science, they discuss the most modern issues including mud-mice.”
If you are being consistent with your approach you should reply “not quite chazal dont beleive in mud-mice even though they talk about them they are reffering to some secret sod that nobody can decipher.”
what would you say (based on your view TODAY)