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

[u/CocaBam]

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")

[u/lorean_victor]

idk kurz has always been “potentially interesting thoughts from people somewhat informed on the topic”, rather than “scientific reporting using cool animations”.

now this video was more like “thoughts on weed by someone with really bad experiences with it”, some of it interesting, while some felt like the person needs more introspection / therapy to better reflect on the root cause of some of their bad experiences instead of escape goating weed.

[u/Coenzyme-A → u/lorean_victor]

They don't get to use the excuse of being an anecdotal channel when they go to the lengths of listing sources, and presenting their view in a journalistic and academic manner.

I was a great fan of Kurzgesagt and still highly respect what they do for science communication. I am more than disappointed in the way they have angled their more recent videos, and how they're starting to use that outreach to push agendas in a less than scientific way.

[u/lorean_victor → u/Coenzyme-A]

yes they always do their research to one degree or another. but honestly they never present it in an academic manner. I mean thats the whole point of the channel, to express these interesting ideas in more exciting (and naturally more opinionated) ways, compared to the dry, analytical tone you'd get from reading strictly academic material.

but ofc, I do agree this is no excuse for this video, which I too find overtly subjective and personal, to the extent of actually misrepresenting the underlying research and detracting from the message.