Bill Lauritzen is an educator, scientist, and visionary. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of the communications satellite, called Bill “some kind of genius.” Harry Kroto, Nobel Prize winner, invited Bill to the first international conference on Carbon-60. Among .... more
Bill Lauritzen is an educator, scientist, and visionary. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of the communications satellite, called Bill “some kind of genius.” Harry Kroto, Nobel Prize winner, invited Bill to the first international conference on Carbon-60. Among his other accomplishments, Bill invented a new number system, designed a modern-day Stonehenge, called SpaceHenge, and wrote a paper explaining geodesic domes. Recently, he wrote a book about the invention of religion and mythology called, The Invention of God and published a peer-reviewed paper, "Can a Machine Have a Soul?" (PDF download.) He is also member of the Binghamton University of scientists and scholars studying religion and evolution. He is also an advisor to the Lifeboat Foundation, a group of scientists and scholars who study issues related to humanity's survival.
Bill Lauritzen's Projects
The Invention of God: The Natural Origins of Mythology and Religion
How did mythology and religion first begin? Where did the ideas of "God," "spirit" and "soul" come f... more