Ubi,
how did you get “not value their opinion” from what I said? your use of the term “appeal to authority”, when I never said or implied that my position was absolutely proven by talmidei chachomim agreeing with it, implied that you didn’t value it. It was rhetorical; I knew that you (again) misunderstood me.
what is it that gives them a bar hachi on the age gap theory more than me?
All of the above. They’re smarter and more logical than you.