Overwritten Lead of the Moment, kinda sorta edition

Okay, this really shouldn’t count as an Overwritten Lead of the Moment, if only because the article is about quantum mechanics, relativity, black holes, &c. You really couldn’t avoid writing an overwritten lead. Salon senior writer Laura Miller actually almost avoids doing it!

But, no matter, the Overwritten Lead of the Moment pulls no punches, and as such, the following is our latest entry:

The universe might just be an enormous computer — that’s the final, mind-twisting pirouette at the conclusion of Charles Seife’s new book about information theory and quantum computing, “Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From Our Brains to Black Holes.” By the time you get to this suggestion, the statement seems pretty plausible, but by then you’ve already traveled through Seife’s crystal-clear explications of thermodynamics, relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes and multiple universes.

Ahh, yes, by the end of the book the whole Universe as Giant Computer theory shines through crystal clear. Or you could skip the 300-page tome and just watch The Matrix instead. Either one.

Secrets of the cosmos [Salon]
The Matrix [IMDB]

First promotional stills from ‘Matrix 4′ released

That’s right, a Philadelphia Will Do exclusive. The first promotional shots of the the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix 4 have hit:

Well, he’s a better actor than Keanu.

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gestures during his trial in Baghdad [Yahoo! via Reuters]