Thank you, Nossond,
I’d also like to add that as a real Outsider (slowly breaking in) that I am absolutely amazed by the lack of scientific, literary, and other academic knowledge possessed by many (most?) Yeshiva guys.
I know it’s not their way to study “worldly” things, but on the Outside, if you argue against the world’s age, you are a total religious anomaly. And this is one of many examples.
Lack of study of any other subjects in Yeshiva is another concept appeared quite strange to me.
Since you are obviously quite knowledgeable about the rules of Shabbat, I’m sort of surprised that you would find ignorance of anything scientific among the Orthodox crowd even mildly surprising.