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AI Should Be a Writing Tool, Not a Ghostwriter

In a few previous blog posts (see here, here, and here), I discussed the pitfalls of AI-generated written content. I’ve taken a pretty…

Jul 28

AI Should Be a Writing Tool, Not a Ghostwriter

Jul 28

How Young is Too Young to Use Psychedelics?

For those who want to join a psychedelic clinical trial, psychedelic therapy session, or psychedelic retreat, you have to be a legal adult…

Jul 21

How Young is Too Young to Use Psychedelics?

Jul 21

Hamptonese: The Asemic Writing of James Hampton

James Hampton (1909–1964) was an American outsider artist. He worked as a janitor, and in his spare time, in secrecy, he built a large…

Jul 14

Hamptonese: The Asemic Writing of James Hampton

Jul 14

How Do Psychedelics Affect Musical Ability?

Listening to certain music while on psychedelics can be a highly memorable and therapeutic experience. Since the 1950s until the present…

Jul 10

How Do Psychedelics Affect Musical Ability?

Jul 10

Can Psychedelics Heal Intergenerational Trauma?

Intergenerational trauma (also known as generational trauma or ancestral trauma) refers to the idea that trauma can be passed down through…

Jul 7

Can Psychedelics Heal Intergenerational Trauma?

Jul 7

Timothy Leary: The Embodiment of the Trickster Archetype

Originally published at https://www.samwoolfe.com on June 30, 2025.

Jun 30

Timothy Leary: The Embodiment of the Trickster Archetype

Jun 30

Can DMT Cause Tinnitus?

On the subreddit r/DMT, there are many posts from users who describe developing tinnitus after using DMT. This wasn’t a potential risk of…

Jun 23

Can DMT Cause Tinnitus?

Jun 23

Cosmic Anxiety in ‘Aniara’ (2018)

Aniara (2018) is a Swedish sci-fi film written and directed by Hugo Lilja and Pella Kågerman. It is an adaptation of the 1956 Swedish epic…

Jun 16

Cosmic Anxiety in ‘Aniara’ (2018)

Jun 16

Have You Met the DMT Jester? How Expectations Influence Entity Encounters

Originally published at http://www.samwoolfe.com on June 11, 2025.

Jun 11

Have You Met the DMT Jester? How Expectations Influence Entity Encounters

Jun 11

Schopenhauer’s Insight Into the Psychology of Pain

One of my favourite insights from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer relates to the human negativity bias, that is, our tendency to…

Jun 9

Schopenhauer’s Insight Into the Psychology of Pain

Jun 9

Sam Woolfe

Sam Woolfe

I'm a freelance writer, blogger, and author with interests in philosophy, ethics, psychology, and mental health. Website: www.samwoolfe.com

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