{"id":214,"date":"2015-09-21T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/?p=214"},"modified":"2015-09-21T17:23:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:23:35","slug":"the-ultimate-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/2015\/09\/the-ultimate-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The link below shows several videos of people&#8217;s takes on the ultimate machine. Variations include using legos, and having a machine that unplugs itself when switched on, rather than hitting an off switch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5fHGg5SQ9v\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulphysics.org\/2010\/03\/constructing-ultimate-machine\/\">Constructing the Ultimate Machine<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Constructing the Ultimate Machine&#8221; &#8212; Soul Physics\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soulphysics.org\/2010\/03\/constructing-ultimate-machine\/embed\/#?secret=zXziKq75Cc#?secret=5fHGg5SQ9v\" data-secret=\"5fHGg5SQ9v\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our fascination with the ultimate machine gives us a clue that there is more to this machine than what is at its surface. The fact that this machine&#8217;s sole purpose and function is to turn itself off is a frightening concept. It makes us think about our own beliefs and ideas about the meaning of life. This machine also references the &#8220;death drive&#8221; or &#8220;thanatos&#8221; suggested by Freud. It forces us to confront the possibility that there may be some driving force within us that tends towards self-destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The link below shows several videos of people&#8217;s takes on the ultimate machine. Variations include using legos, and having a machine that unplugs itself when switched on, rather than hitting an off switch. Constructing the Ultimate Machine Our fascination with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/2015\/09\/the-ultimate-machine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contextualization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/robot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}