Notes of a word-watcher, Hanching Chung. A first port of call for English learning.
2025年7月20日 星期日
Inland. Inlandish. outlandish A Rube Goldberg machine. The greater intention was that of changing Western civilisation, away from “the materialist way of life” to one where a transcendental dimension was registered, not by faith but by experience and experiment. –
OUTSIGHT was a bold plan to bring together and give mescaline and/or LSD to fifty to a hundred of the world’s pre-eminent minds, including Einstein, Jung, A. J. Ayer, and Graham Greene. The intention was that “of changing the intellectual climate,” as lead instigator Osmond put it to fellow organiser, Huxley. The greater intention was that of changing Western civilisation, away from “the materialist way of life” to one where a transcendental dimension was registered, not by faith but by experience and experiment. –
「OUTSIGHT」是一項大膽的計劃，旨在召集五十至一百位世界傑出的思想家，包括愛因斯坦、榮格、A. J. 艾耶爾和格雷厄姆·格林，並向他們提供麥司卡林和/或LSD。正如主要發起人奧斯蒙對組織者赫胥黎所說，其目的是「改變知識界的氛圍」。更大的目標是改變西方文明，使其擺脫“物質主義的生活方式”，走向一種超越維度的文明，這種超越維度不是透過信仰，而是透過經驗和實驗。 ——
Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was an American cartoonist, inventor, and engineer who created cartoons depicting complex machines performing simple tasks. His work is known for being funny and impractical, and his name is now used as an adjective to describe complicated systems.
Life:
Born in San Francisco, California on July 4, 1883
Earned a degree in mining engineering from the University of California, Berkeley
Worked as a cartoonist for the Evening Mail in New York
Also wrote a movie script called Soup to Nuts that introduced the Three Stooges
Died in New York City on December 7, 1970
Work:
His cartoons often featured complicated machines that used chain reactions to perform simple tasks
His work was popular with the public and was displayed in the Museum of Modern Art
His work was meant to spoof Americans' love of technology and their reluctance to do things simply
Legacy:
His name is used as an adjective to describe complicated systems
There are many "Rube Goldberg Invention Contests" held in the United States each year
His work has been featured on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube
Gameplay
Rube Goldberg’s Greatest Machine Is His Legacy
Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions.
Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin (1931). Soup spoon (A) is raised to mouth, pulling string (B) and thereby jerking ladle (C), which throws cracker (D) past toucan (E). Toucan jumps after cracker and perch (F) tilts, upsetting seeds (G) into pail (H). Extra weight in pail pulls cord (I), which opens and ignites lighter (J), setting off skyrocket (K), which causes sickle (L) to cut string (M), allowing pendulum with attached napkin to swing back and forth, thereby wiping chin.巴茨教授與自動操作餐巾（1931年）。將湯匙（A）舉到嘴邊，拉動繩子（B），從而猛拉勺子（C），將餅乾（D）扔過巨嘴鳥（E）。餅乾和鱸魚 (F) 傾斜後，巨嘴鳥跳了起來，將種子 (G) 翻倒進桶 (H) 中。桶中的額外重量拉動繩索（I），從而打開並點燃打火機（J），引爆沖天炮（K），使鐮刀（L）割斷繩子（M），使掛著餐巾的鐘擺前後擺動，從而擦拭下巴。
A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction–type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and (impractically) overly complicated way. Usually, these machines consist of a series of simple unrelated devices; the action of each triggers the initiation of the next, eventually resulting in achieving a stated goal.
The design of such a "machine" is often presented on paper and would be impossible to implement in actuality. More recently, such machines have been fully constructed for entertainment (for example, a breakfast scene in Pee-wee's Big Adventure) and in Rube Goldberg competitions.
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