“Throw the question back at them. Make them expose their position.”
Naaa, They would just reply, “According to St. (Carl) Sagan 1:1, the earth is Billions & Billions of years old”. (Not to be confused with St. (Harry) Reid 5:17, “Trillions & Trillions”.
After all this is the NYT.
But, then you just smile and reply “Well, there you go. If you already knew, why’d you ask?” and leave them with a non-answer.