Paul Lutus has a wide background in science and technology. He designed spacecraft components for the NASA Space Shuttle and created a mathematical model of the solar system used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Viking Mars mission. Then, at the beginning of the personal computer revolution, Lutus switched career paths and took up computer science. His best-known program is "Apple Writer," an internationally successful word processing program for the early Apple computers.

In 1983 Reed College awarded Lutus the Vollum Award for Distinguished Accomplishment in Science and Technology, Oregon's most prestigious academic honor. Other recipients of this award include Nobel Prizewinner Linus Pauling, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Linus Torvalds.

In 1986 the Oregon Academy of Science named Lutus "Outstanding Oregon Scientist," specifically for his efforts to transform the teaching of mathematics in public schools.

In 1988 Lutus cast off his lines and began what was to become a four-year solo circumnavigation of the world in a small sailboat. More recently, Lutus has divided his time between writing articles on diverse topics, exploring the wilder regions of Alaska to photograph grizzly bears, and creating videos.

• Wikipedia: Apple Writer
• Wikipedia: Arachnophilia
• Wikipedia: Vollum Award
• Reed College / Vollum Award 1983
• Oregon Academy of Science "Outstanding Oregon Scientist" 1986
• Apple Writer / personal history
• IES Journal, October 1976: P. Lutus (Space Shuttle related)
• Mountain Hermit Makes Apples "Sing" In Simple English — Wall Street Journal, May 3, 1982
• Sailing Solo Around the World Inspired Anti-Whining 'Care Ware' — New York Times, August 23, 1996
• Programmable Calculators (JPL solar system model reference)
• "Confessions" online (free world sail book)

Lutus-related Wikipedia articles exist in the following countries:

• China https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%0A保罗·卢特思
• Finland https://fi.wikiital.com/wiki/Arachnophilia
• Germany https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus
• Israel https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/קובץ:Arachnophilia_5.5_computer_icon.png
• Italy https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophilia
• Poland https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnophilia
• Russia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careware
• Spain https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus
• Sweden https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careware
• Taiwan https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/保罗·卢特思
• Ukraine https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Writer

But there's no longer an article at the U. S. Wikipedia site. Why? In 2013 psychologists, angered by Lutus showing that psychology is not a science (details) but unable to think of a legitimate counterargument, launched a campaign to destroy the article through editing (anyone can edit a Wikipedia article), then argue for its removal on the basis of its poor quality. After a brief struggle and to avoid further vandalism, Lutus asked that the article be removed (narrative).