Why are we fascinated by Rube Goldberg contraptions?

You may not know the name Rube Goldberg but you have almost certainly seen a contraption inspired by his ideas. The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist created outlandishly complicated mechanisms to perform relatively simple tasks - an approach also made famous by Heath Robinson in the UK. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25308536#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa