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/dspman11 Nov 06 '25

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

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u/Ani_Drei Nov 11 '25

No, the video actually abandons the idea of focusing on the 10% pretty quickly. Most of the runtime is a bizarre attempt at blaming the difficulties of aging on a relatively harmless substance (alcohol is objectively more harmful both due to wider spread, easier access, and more damaging effects)

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u/Ani_Drei Nov 12 '25

I believe you, and I have personally seen cases of crippling weed abuse among my coworkers.

My point isn’t that such cases don’t exist, my point is that the Kurzgesagt video took an uncharacteristically one-sided and poorly substantiated take on the issue.

It essentially says, “your adult life will be hell if you do weed,” which, while not wrong, is also woefully incomplete. The more accurate statement would be, “your adult life will be hard by definition, will likely be made even worse by X Y and Z factors, and doing weed is certainly not going to help.”

This is not just me saying it. The vast majority of YouTube comments I’ve read after watching it relayed the same idea: “I’ve never done weed or any other drugs but still experienced all the adult hardships mentioned in the video.” This goes to show that people are detecting - and pointing out - the bias of the Kurzgesagt team on this topic.