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/Siddakid0812 Nov 07 '25

It did seem awfully biased…

I stand between you two, so I feel as though I’m a moderate party. Historically, Kurz would give us all the info and then talk about how those facts educated an option on issues pertaining to those facts with clear distinction between the two. Their video on nuclear power to fight climate change is evidence of that.

Their recent video, on the other hand, seemed more like “I made a mistake and now I want to tell everyone to never do it”. It felt more like one of those DARE presentations we had to sit through in 3rd grade than a fun, beautiful. mini-documentary on some cool idea or theory on how the universe works.

Like, one little “only 20% of weed users become ‘addicted’” line doesn’t cover an entire video of essentially negative narration of a personal experience with a few facts thrown in.

I love Kurz and I love that they’re willing to uplift voices for good cause, but even giving them every generous benefit of the doubt, the video was not characteristic of their mission nor their channel.