PinnedSimone LilavoisTest Your Brain: Can You See These Visual Illusions?Harnessing Physical and Cognitive Illusions to Illuminate the Mechanisms of The Visual System8 min read·Sep 7, 2023--4--4
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointThe Objective Truth: Dune by Frank HerbertThe Dune series by Frank Herbert is a brilliant exposé of human nature. Herbert intricately interweaves politics and organized religion in…3 min read·Apr 15, 2024----
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointThe Heart as a Beacon of Freedom: Beloved by Toni MorrisonWhat do you call the essence of your being? Some say it’s their soul, some say their personality, or the frontal lobes of their brain…6 min read·Apr 15, 2024--1--1
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointWhy is there something rather than nothing?Why does the universe exist?3 min read·Mar 20, 2024--1--1
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointRobert Owen’s New Moral World: Education in a Utopian Socialist SocietyRobert Owen, born May 14, 1771, in Newtown, Wales, was a philanthropist and utopian socialist. Recognizing how the trajectory of the…9 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointScholars Divided: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on Black ProgressBooker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois are considered two of the most influential figures during the late 19th and early 20th centuries…9 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointHow British Colonialism Contributed to Violence During the Partition of India in 1947The partition of India was an impetuous attempt to force peace among a religiously divided nation. The British Indian Empire rushed…14 min read·Feb 29, 2024----
Simone LilavoisThe Explore Fellowship: A Week of Growth, Laughter, and Friendship“Life is sweet, love is free, and we live in abundance”7 min read·Aug 24, 2023----
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointCalculating the Distance to Nearby Stars: The Stellar ParallaxUnderstanding Earth’s place in the universe has been a question in the minds of humans for millennia. From the first applications of…·4 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
Simone LilavoisinThe Still PointWhich planets are most likely to have surface water?An Astrobiology Thought Experiment4 min read·Jul 17, 2023----