It was always this way. Replace Google with your neighbor who owns an encyclopedia, or the local priest. Caring about research, truth, and sources has always been something that only a minority cares about.
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> the local priest
Or any other authority figure. My favorite exchange that I personally witnessed during early COVID was this one:
A, conspiratorially: You should hear what the dentist has to say about the COVID vaccine.
B: Why, does it affect my teeth?
It gets better/worse: much of dentistry is itself not evidence-based [0].
[0] an informative article and the American College of Dentists response:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-tro...
https://www.acd.org/position-papers/the-college-responds-to-...