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- Rube_Goldberg_machine comment "A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including a chain reaction. The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883–1970).Over the years, the expression has expanded to mean any confusing or complicated system. For example, news headlines include \"Is Rep.".