“I have a biology degree, okay?” – Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), in remarks at the Lincoln Labs “Reboot Congress” conference, Feb. 12, 2015 This column has been updated with an additional explanation by Paul’s spokesman. 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: “Let’s 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: “Mine’s 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?” Read more http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-day-that-he-has-a-biology-degree/?tid=pm_pop
