This is an interesting question. I began using the internet at an early from 8th grade when things like Facebook didn’t even exist. I remember spending a lot o

This is an interesting question. I began using the internet at an early from 8th grade when things like Facebook didn’t even exist. I remember spending a lot of time reading about the reptile conspiracy, 9/11 conspiracies. I actually spent a lot of time seriously considering whether some of this information was true. The internet turned me into an atheist inspite of growing up in a religious setting. Blogs on the internet were much more aware of the impending financial crash in 2008 and the fact that Iraq did not have WMD. It takes a while of using the internet to learn how it works and the fact that any random lunatic can start a blog. My heuristic these days is that 80 % of mainstream opinion is true. The real world is quite complex and the internet is wonderful for doing your own research.