A VFitLab series — great lectures, examined; and the doctrine behind the lab, taught directly.
Great lectures, examined — fairly, carefully, and against the sources.
After the Lecture is an independent companion-commentary series: each episode takes a great lecture — philosophy, history, psychology, science — and does the work after the lecture ends: checking its claims against primary sources, arguing with it fairly, and asking what it means for a life.
A second line on the same channel expands Andrew Voris's own doctrine, Peripheral Intelligence, one idea at a time — taught directly, in plain language, with the same discipline: check the claim, hold the anomaly, and let the challenger speak.
Commentary on great lectures, and the doctrine taught directly.
The lesson line: original articles, podcast, and video for every lesson — built from verified public sources, never a re-telling. Each lesson is checked against primary sources, argued with fairly, and asked what it means for a life.
The doctrine line: weekly expansions of Andrew Voris's thesis, Peripheral Intelligence, one idea at a time — the full treatise lives at peripheralintelligence.org.
Read Peripheral Intelligence →The first five lessons are live — read the article or listen to the episode.
After Lesson #82, “Winston Churchill: The Roaming Lion,” with Dr. Larry P. Arnn.
Read the article →After Lesson #5, “Introduction to Intelligence,” with Dr. John Vervaeke.
Read the article →After Lesson #29, “Skepticism 101,” with Dr. Michael Shermer (interview source, labeled as such).
Read the article →After Lesson #69, “Philosophy of Science,” with Prof. Samir Okasha (companion podcast source).
Read the article →After Lesson #67, “Thomas Aquinas,” with Bishop Robert Barron (built from published sources; source note on the article).
Read the article →In production — coming soon
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Independent companion commentary on great lectures and ideas. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Peterson Academy, and not a substitute for its courses.