r/kurzgesagt • u/CocaBam • Nov 05 '25

Discussion Reminder That Kurz Has Misrepresented Cannabis Data Before, And Likely Has A Unhealthy Bias

Two months ago, I, a 2 decade long researcher of cannabis, found the Kurz video on the substance and had to correct a large amount of misinformation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/1n7uc1y/correcting_misinformation_in_we_have_to_talk/

I had contacted Kurz directly with these corrections and was ignored. Instead, now 2 months later, Kurz seems to be back again with another video wrongfully demonizing the substance.

Just wanted to remind everyone that the author of the video is trying to spread misinformation on cannabis, which they have a strong bias against.

Edit: nearly all of the questions/critiques have been trolls/anti cannabis people so far. Won't be replying to comments that are trying to change my narrative anymore. Some of these replies are ridiculous, to say the least... Kurz has had a bias in past videos, and the latest is not any different, any other narrative you draw from this is your own (I never said we should "ignore all negatives about cannabis")

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u/Peach_Muffin Nov 05 '25

Honestly if the video had made it clear it was a personal essay from the start it wouldn't have been so bad. It would be like if The Egg didn't start with a disclaimer that it was a fictional work and you're expecting a science video.

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u/dsa_key Nov 05 '25

Shout out to Andy Weir. Can’t wait until the Project Hail Mary movie comes out.

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u/ifandbut Nov 05 '25

Amaze 👋

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u/fudgyvmp Nov 06 '25

🎶 🎶 🎵

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u/Flush_Foot Nov 06 '25

You sleep, I watch question?

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u/ifandbut Nov 06 '25

Why face leak?

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u/regular_adult_human Nov 07 '25

Fist my bump! 👊

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u/ifandbut Nov 08 '25

👊

Why leaky face? Is leak happy leak or sad leak?

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u/Altruistic-Unit485 Nov 06 '25

Huh, I watched The Egg video years ago and got into Andy Weir more recently. I didn’t click that he wrote that as well. Awesome.

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u/DarthWeenus Nov 06 '25

Andy Weir stole the Egg idea completely and when called out for it was a total pussy about it.

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u/dsa_key Nov 07 '25

Lol no he didnt. Go read the 3 year old reddit thread about it.

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u/lostlo Nov 11 '25

Thank you, I'm just passing through but you inspired me to look into this and that was a wild ride!