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Sat, Feb 2, 11:29 AM FindStephen to Philipp Hi Philipp, Coffee Break here! I have some tough questions about the video on Addiction that Kurzgesagt did. It's one of your most popular videos with 18M views I'm worried that some of the major claims in that video are vastly oversimplified if not outright incorrect. Namely, the Rat Park results are oversimplified, and replicating B. Alexander's 1975 findings has had mixed results. And more troubling is the human "experiment" of vietnam. In his book, Hari paints a portrait of why soldier's got off their drugs. (they reconnected with their loved ones and got out of their "cage"). Upon further examination this seems incorrect. The person who actually conducted this study Lee Robins disagreed with explicitly with Hari's idea, and came to a much different conclusion for the lack of addiction. lack of availability of heroine, disapproval of friends etc... Now, I understand that the "addiction" video wasn't your typical video since you largely were animating a script from Hari himself, but I still have to ask: Did Kurzgesagt conduct an independent fact-checking of Johann Hari's book before agreeing to this? Were you aware at the time of the collaboration that Johann Hari had a public scandal in the past that threw his credibility into question? Were you paid to promote his book? If it turns out that Hari's major claims were fabricated or wrong, do you believe that Kurzgesagt is in part culpable for the spreading of misinformation? Especially in light of the fact that with 18M views, you've over tripled the distribution of Hari's main thesis in video format I want to be clear, I don't want to cause you concern. I'm not making a "gotcha" piece, I want to examine the role that "popularizers" like Hari, yourself and I play in society learning about science. And what responsibility we hold in making sure we "get the facts right". Your responsibility in this seems particularly unclear since you were mostly animating a script in this case. Thanks and I look forward to hearing back from you! Sincerely, Stephen

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