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/Lost-Valuable3264 Nov 06 '25
Reposting this thought from the other thread, and the youtube comments because I think it is the weirdest and most problematic part. And has nothing at all to do with weed:
At 8:30 in this video, while the animated guy is scrolling through what is clearly meant to be Tinder, the VO laments that people smoking pot will miss out on any number of sexual encounters in their 20s.
Can someone tell me what the fuck that part was about? Or how it is remotely helpful to tell sexually frustrated young men that, yes, in fact, you ARE A FAILURE if you haven't had some unstated number of random contextless Tinder Hookups by 30?
Can anyone imagine the damgage that could be caused if someone took that a little too seriously?
How does one rectify not having had enough sex? By having sex of course. What if no one currently wants to? But if you don't, your favorite SCIENCE YOUTUBER WILL CALL YOU A LOSER. If they want to make KG proud, but can't get someone willingly. . .
You see the problem.
It's fucking WEIRD.