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Jul 28, 2025

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…

AI Should Be a Writing Tool, Not a Ghostwriter

Sam Woolfe

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Jul 21, 2025

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…

How Young is Too Young to Use Psychedelics?

Sam Woolfe

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Jul 14, 2025

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…

Hamptonese: The Asemic Writing of James Hampton

Sam Woolfe

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Jul 10, 2025

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…

How Do Psychedelics Affect Musical Ability?

Sam Woolfe

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Jul 7, 2025

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…

Can Psychedelics Heal Intergenerational Trauma?

Sam Woolfe

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Jun 30, 2025

Timothy Leary: The Embodiment of the Trickster Archetype

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

Timothy Leary: The Embodiment of the Trickster Archetype

Sam Woolfe

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Jun 23, 2025

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…

Can DMT Cause Tinnitus?

Sam Woolfe

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Jun 16, 2025

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…

Cosmic Anxiety in ‘Aniara’ (2018)

Sam Woolfe

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Jun 11, 2025

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

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

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

Sam Woolfe

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Jun 9, 2025

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…

Schopenhauer’s Insight Into the Psychology of Pain

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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