Yeah.

I definitely blindly trusted books and articles as a teen. I feel like standards for publications were higher, though. I suppose it depends on sources. I also had the advantage of being the youngest member of my family, with two older brothers who were both interested in science (in one way or another) and I went to private school as a younin' with a gap of terrible public school, and then a decent snooty high (also public). What I mean with all that is that my experiences may not be the norm, and for some people the internet may have opened even more doors

Also, to be fair, I was a gullible teen and young adult as well. I've always questioned things, but I did carry plenty of false beliefs (hell, I probably still do!)

I tend to forget that, sometimes