This is actually a very important insight
But what you need to realise is that the early chapters of Genesis are also prophetic, God telling us what happened at a time when there were no human witnesses, in this case of past events, as Isaiah 53 was God's description of the coming Messiah that no one had seen yet, or Revelation is God's description of event leading to Christ's return, which again, no one had seen when the prophecy was given. It is only when we see how events work out, or rather, how God works the events out, that we can look back at the prophecy and say, ah yes, of course.
If Genesis 1 is prophecy, then we only really learn its meaning when we find out what actually happened during the creation. To that extent, YECs are like the Jews still waiting for God to send the Messiah the way they expect. YECs look for science to reject it's mistaken views and come up with a new explanation of the history of the universe that will fit their interpretation, rather than realise their interpretations need to change when we find out what God actually did.