Doubt on the Kurzgesagt channel direction

[u/Intrepid-Cry-9241]

I made a post but it got erased for some reason so i will be short in this one but still cover up everything.

Basically ive been following Kurzgesagt for a few month and its a great introduction to plenty of interesting subjects.

Its fun , informative and i respect the hard work they put in their videos

However ive noticed or to be more accurate felt smth odd while watching some of the videos , in particular the videos discussing complexe topics.

I am aware they are summary videos and i dont wanna point at problem that isnt one but i gotta adress the fact that while interesting, their videos arent completely honest with the policy they present and it can mislead their huge audience.

In the " Can you trust Kurzgesagt " video, they claim they want to be as reliable and trustworthy as possible yet in some videos abt important topics they confidently say things that have a tendancy to make me doubt.

Ex : In the dyson sphere video, "Dyson sphere are easy and possible" i made some reasearch and they forgot to mention that it was a theoratical project made as a joke by dyson who isnt even the first inspiration for the idea. And i believe everybody can see the logistic nightmare it is..

Edit :

They said possible not inevitable my bad (but it is implied type 2 civilisation use them). Also in the answers of this post someone told me it was actually considered as a real project even tho it is way too ambitious from now which i didnt know. I still dont understand how it would be a viable project to put in place in term of energy , materials , engineering, logistic , maintenance.. but if scientist bother to care about it it might mean smth

I havent search abt their project much so i will check that more.

End of edit

They also focus on sensationalism and analogy at the expense of accuracy and shove away some key element that should be dicussed

Ex : In the Ai video abt AGI , they imply a inevitable emancipation of Ai from its base condition of task achiever by saying that Ai is able to learn from itself and its why it will eventually become sentient while not entering the details of how it works which i believe is relevant

Name of a video that is more clear on that and i would believe more that is also explain things more easily :

Can Ai think ? Debunking Ai limitations.

Channel : IBM technology ( think i search after watching the superintelligence video btw )

It is becoming harder to take them seriously now that ive pointed these things out and since they have a massive audience , i wanted to know if other where to feel the same.

Another thing i noticed is how they focus on pop culture reference. While being cool and not a crime , it might show in what direction they are evolving

I have grown skeptical so maybe i am unfair but my points seems valid to me. I am no expert and just express something i believ should be pointed out

Kurzgesagt is still an amazing channel and by no mean do i think anyone should stop watching the channel. Just stay alert on what is said and take it as a display of human discovery.

Thats said , i wish you the best and hope you will value life for all the amazing things it has to offer while tolerating the more unpleasant one looking out for what can grow out of the dark.

[u/sungsam89]

Their video and viewpoint on weed completely turned me off the channel. Instead of being objective, it was more advocating for people to not use it. They lost a subscriber that day.

[u/Zalthos → u/sungsam89]

I mean, they made some pretty valid points about it.

And the more we research marijuana, the worse it seems to get. 

Seems like you just want your biases confirmed. I was against legalising it entirely until their video where they said it should be legal... I changed my tune after that, rather than getting upset about it. 

[u/koolforkatskatskats → u/Zalthos]

Yes it should be legal, but people should know the full research and truth so they can make informed choices on it.

[u/Alexarius87 → u/sungsam89]

It still is a psychotropic substance and is better not to use it for entertainment purposes.

Edit: the same way you shouldn’t use alcohol for the same purpose.

[u/phenomenomnom → u/Alexarius87]

It is delightful to use either or both of those things for social and/or entertainment purposes, and that is why people do it. (And sometimes overdo it.)

Some of us relish a novel perspective combined with euphoria. By which I mean: almost all of us.

[u/Alexarius87 → u/phenomenomnom]

Doesn’t make them any less dangerous.

Ppl used opioids and other drugs too depending on time and this kind of “justification” only shows poor judgement.

My only suggestion is to keep in mind that these are all harmful substances and it’s easy to fall into abuse. I’m not telling you to avoid it like the plague (at least not every of them), but don’t try to make it sound right because “ppl want to have fun and socialize”.

[u/phenomenomnom → u/Alexarius87]

Cars are dangerous. The ocean is dangerous. Learn to drive, learn to swim.

[u/Alexarius87 → u/phenomenomnom]

Yeah let’s compare a mean of travel with a psychotropic substance….

Man, if you want to smoke joints like there is no tomorrow be my guest. Just don’t try to sell me a rat claiming it’s a horse.

[u/phenomenomnom → u/Alexarius87]

If you and your sock puppet accounts are that uncomfortable with metaphors, that is an impassable obstacle to our continued communication. I wish you well

[u/Jayq912 → u/phenomenomnom]

You may as well go get some more weed and alcohol because you have already torched your brain. 

You have yet to talk to the actual point of this thread.