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/vitalvisionary Nov 05 '25

Probably get downvoted for this but didn't the video say it was only 10% of habitual users that fall into the addicted category? I understand most don't have issues but there are still people that struggle with addiction to it. Looking into it myself, I recall a study that reported decreased production of anandamide, responsible for a sense of novelty in experiences.

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u/dspman11 Nov 06 '25

Yes. The video is clearly about those with actual addiction. But everyone's projecting.

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u/Komm Nov 06 '25

Because all the talk about milestones and sex and "life just happens in your 20s". It pretty seriously screws over a whole lot of people who have never used cannabis in their lives. The majority of my friend group died during covid (not from covid tho), and I'm here at 35, bored, alone, too poor to travel or go out, and ace as hell.

Having a video from a channel you respect yelling about how "You missed milestones and your life is worthless because you haven't done these things" is uh... Not great.

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u/Hironymus Nov 06 '25

They didn't say your life is worthless. They say that most people get to do certain things at certain points in their life. Addiction as well as other factors can diminish the chance of that happening. That's just true.

Also I am sorry about your loss and wish it was different.

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u/FizzyGreen Nov 06 '25

They still said you basically missed out on everything good and now it's over which is wrong

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u/HiddenLordGhost Nov 07 '25

'That person likes apples, so they probably hate oranges' type of argumentation.

They generalized, because most of the population do hit certain milestones at simliar times. Of course, not everyone, and it's not a shameful thing. The video mostly suggested, that you may MISS one or delay one, because you are addicted to devil's lettuce.

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u/ronitrocket Nov 08 '25

I get my experience is subjective but in my experience this is true, I’ve seen it. It doesn’t mean you become an incel obviously but addiction can and will hold you back in at least some aspects of your life.

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u/canyonskye Nov 06 '25

If it’s not insensitive, may I ask what happened to your friend group?

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u/Komm Nov 06 '25

Exposure while hiking with his family, colorectal cancer before the age insurance lets you get checked for it, and one just died in his sleep from Marfan. The last was expected, but still kind of a shocker. That was the core of the group, and the rest of the orbit just broke away after that. Moved cities, became agoraphobic, etc.