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I have a biology degree, okay?

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky), remarks at the Lincoln Labs Reboot Congress conference, Feb. 12, 2015

We first spotted a version of this quote in a Bloomberg column by David Weigel, and then checked the quotes with our colleague Jose DelReal, who had attended the conference.

This is a bit of an odd one, given that Paul does not have a college undergraduate degree.

Paul mentioned his alleged degree at the conference not once, but twice. First, in an exchange with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Paul said:

Arrington: Lets talk about economics because maybe you can actually explain this to me. I have an econ degree which means I know just enough not to understand any of what our government is [inaudible]

Paul: Mines in biology and English so this is going to be a great conversation.

Then, later in the conversation, expounding on what he considered the virtues of Bitcoin, Paul said:

This is just me. I have a biology degree, okay? But with Bitcoin my concern always was whether or not something has real value. So I could imagine a kind of coin that was exchangeable. This gets back to the whole idea, does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?

The interesting thing about these references is that previously Pauls staff has blamed the media for misunderstanding his unusual educational background.

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Fact Checker: Rand Pauls claim twice in one day that he has a biology degree