October 3, 2012: Afternoon
- Political scientists: Never mind the zingers, presidential debates don't change election outcomes.
- Your 2012 presidential debate drinking game.
- Obama is on track to becoming the first candidate to raise $1 billion.
- Why 2012 could be a new "Year of the woman."
- Experts say a military attack on Iran's nuclear sites would kill thousands of people.
- On the philosophical implications of the popularity of "correlation doesn't equal causation."
- Obama makes surprise visit to quantum-branching multiverse on alternate hyperdimensional plane.
- History of the Polaroid and the role of goldfish in developing the filters.
- Luca Pacioli was a monk, a mathematician, a magician and possibly, the boyfriend of Leonardo da Vinci.
- Everyone doubted the possibility of Game of Thrones becoming a TV show, including George R.R. Martin.
- Jerry Seinfeld to the Times: "You crumbled a bit of civilization off there yourself."
- The foul lines of Major League Baseball do not create infinite ballfields.
- In just one hour I found no less than three Tumblrs related to shaming people who wear [fedoras].