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From Wikipedia
Marshall David Brain (b. 1961) is the founder of HowStuffWorks. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was a member of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. Brain went on to receive a master's degree in Computer science from North Carolina State University (NCSU). Before founding HowStuffWorks, Marshall taught in the computer science department at NCSU and ran a software training and consulting company.
He also maintains a website with, among others, essays on transhumanism and robots and an online science-fiction novel on that topic, Manna.
He currently resides in a farm in suburban Raleigh with his wife and four children. He serves on the North Carolina Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.(more)


Marshall Brain Videos

The best optical illusion in the world!
10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer
Proving that prayer is superstition
How do we know that Christians are delusional?
Proving that the Bible is repulsive
Proving that nobody can get into heaven
Proving that God's plan is impossible
The Beauty of Rational Thinking
The interview with God
Proving that the Pope has never read the Bible
Proving that Jesus is imaginary
Marshall Brain Interview
Second Annual Geoethical Nanotechnology Workshop
What If I Shot My Television


Marshall Brain Web sites

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Why won't God heal Amputees Blog

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Articles about Marshall Brain

Welcome to the machine?
Consumers love ATMs, self-checkout machines and airport boarding-pass kiosks. But what about the workers who get automated out of existence?
by Farhad Manjoo

HowStuffWorks Merger Value Swells to $50M

What's Love Got To Do With It? HowStuffWorks Explains the Real Meaning Behind Valentine's Day


I am an atheist...I do not believe in any supernatural being, including the god of the bible. I don’t believe in any god or goddess that has ever been worshipped by a human being...the bible doesn’t make sense. The bible is a book written approximately two thousand years ago by uneducated, superstitious men who knew nothing about physics or science. They didn’t understand how the world works, so they made up stories to help them feel less afraid...The fact that the God of the bible is okay with people owning slaves is proof that the bible wasn’t written by a god: it was written by men who owned slaves. If god truly wrote (or at least inspired men to write) the bible, don’t you think he would have proclaimed in a deep god-like voice, “Slavery is wrong and I will not tolerate it any longer.”? It seems logical that a loving god wouldn’t want any of his people to be enslaved by others. I realize I am not going to change anyone’s beliefs with just one example, but I invite you to do some research of your own. That’s how I came to believe the things I believe and don’t believe; by reading and thinking for myself.
Atheists are not evil, devil-worshipping pedophile criminals. For the most part, atheists are hard-working, patriotic, law-abiding citizens. We pay our taxes, love our families, and worry about the price of gas. We respect the rights of others and we try to love our neighbors. I hope you will do the same.

Marshall Brain on TV and in the News

Things Oprah Wants to Know
and You Do, Too!

How Robots Will Steal Your Job
by Joanna Glasner

50 Best Web sites

2002 Sci/Tech Web Awards: ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

HowStuffWorks named "Best Science & Technology Resource" by Yahoo! Internet Life


Essays/Writings by Marshall Brain

Robotic Nation

Robots in 2015

Robotic Freedom

The Day You Discard Your Body

How to Make a Million Dollars
Introduction

How Skydiving Works

How Cells Work


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