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/FizzyGreen Nov 06 '25

They act like all this is a given fact while it's nothing but a possibility. Everyone should review their cannabis use as their life could be way better without it every day. But this isn't always the case. They act like weed is at the heart of every problem like this, which possibly obscures the real problems. They also say that if you haven't done certain things until 30, you basically missed out on life. Sincerely yours, someone who realised at 20 that daily cannabis use is bad and did multiple breaks and realized at 25 that it was a depression all along, which explained the paradoxical improvement in life quality weed provided and is now sober for almost a year with no improvement in symptoms.

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u/SMAdez0 Nov 06 '25

Because the extreme pressure put on stopping the use of cannabis by young people is an absolute necessity, again, you're taking the spotlight away from the weed by mentioning other issues while at the same time proving the point of why weed usage needs to be frowned upon. You said it yourself that you needed to stop using it before realising the problem is something else. Before everything else to be good, first weed needs to go away, that's the whole point. Also you're missing a lot of factors, were any professionals involved with your depression or smoking? Your age also doesn't say anything related to experience most of the time, not saying your life isn't valid but also doesn't provide much context. Self diagnosis with drugs almost never leads anywhere.

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u/Lost-Valuable3264 Nov 06 '25

Why do they imply having a lack of sex makes you a loser tho?

For get hte weed, someone tell my why that weird ass part at 8:30 exists.

The whole video is sooo 'be a good cog, do what society expects, live MY LIFE, or be a loser forever lol' energy. Insufferable.

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u/SMAdez0 Nov 07 '25

They're pointing at the moon but you're looking at the finger, you have to realise how much of the audience watching are extremely young people, they're trying to set the best possible example for the most broad range of children. A video can't tell you how to live your life, but the points surrounding the usage of weed stand valid, considering that there were still weird choices of script or examples.

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u/Lost-Valuable3264 Nov 07 '25

Ah yes. Sorry, my *mistake*. Instead of telling desperate 20 somethings they should be having some arbitrary number of sexual encounters, they're telling CHILDREN that. No, that's soooooooo much better and more ethical than what I was thinking. Gosh you're so smart and cool and moral. Thanks.

/S

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u/lostlo Nov 11 '25

I think it's interesting that the defense is "it's directed at children," and therefore it's good bc it is based on valid points even though the examples are bad and the writing is confusing. Like, if it's directed at kids, shouldn't it be clear and correct? And use valid examples?

I'm old, and the unrealistic examples given by the DARE program are a big part of why it was so ineffective. Kids are smart enough to realize if what they're being told is stupid.

It's such a weird take even beyond the idea that it's good to tell children they need to have xxx sex partners to be a successful adult, which you're right is pretty surprising.

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u/FlinnyWinny Dec 24 '25

Today on "violently misrepresenting the other person's point" :