Question and Answer Session With Bishop Maximus of Pelagonia and Dr. John Vervaeke Posted to Our Youtube Channel

During the latter half of May 2023, Saint Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary was honored to host Dr. John Vervaeke for a weeklong visit.

Dr. Vervaeke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he has taught since 1994. He currently teaches courses on thinking and reasoning, with an emphasis on insight problem-solving; on cognitive development, with an emphasis on the dynamic nature of development; and on higher cognitive processes, with an emphasis on intelligence, rationality, mindfulness, and the psychology of wisdom.

Dr. Vervaeke has become well known in recent years thanks to his participation in discussions and interviews with psychologist and author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, entrepreneur and podcaster Tim Ferriss, and Icon carver and public speaker Jonathan Pageau.

Dr. Vervaeke was invited to the Seminary by one of its Visiting Instructors, the Right Reverend Bishop Maximus of Pelagonia, who has previously been featured in videos for Dr. Vervaeke’s own YouTube channel.

In this first series of videos filmed during Dr. Vervaeke’s visit to the Seminary, Bishop Maximus and Dr. Vervaeke answer questions regarding artificial intelligence, memory, the meaning crisis, and other related topics.