Jules Poirier lectures in British Columbia

WickedDyno amg39.REMOVETHIS at cornell.edu.invalid
Sat Sep 16 21:59:21 EDT 2000


In article <8q17he$45q$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>, jarofclay at my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <8FB153046dickcruswestnet at 207.225.159.6>,
>   foo.dickcr at uswest.net (Dick C.) wrote:
> > jarofclay at my-deja.com wrote in <8pv3t8$sim$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>:
> >
> > >---
> > >
> > >Press Release
> > >September 15, 2000
> > >
> > >ELECTRONICS ENGINEER SAYS STUDIES OF MONARCH BUTTERFLY SHOW EVIDENCE
> > >OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
> > >
> > >The Original Navigational Micro-Computer
> > >THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY: A lecture (with slides) by Jules H. Poirier
> >
> > Looking at where he is going to speak, it is easy to see that poirier
> > is just another clueless fundie speaking about something that he has
> > little or no understanding. An engineer speaking about biology.
> >
> > >
> > >Jules H. Poirier, a retired design electronics engineer from San 
> > >Diego,
> > >will be speaking in six British Columbia cities on the design features
> > >of the monarch butterfly from Sept. 23 - 30. The lecture series is
> > >sponsored by the Creation Science Association of British Columbia
> > ><http://van.planeteer.com/~creation>.
> > >
> > >Jules H. Poirier:
> > >
> > >* senior design specialist electronics engineer
> > >
> > >* studied electrical engineering, physics and mathematics at the
> > >University of California (Berkeley)
> > >
> > >* has worked for the U.S. Navy, Ryan Aeronautics and the Electronics
> > >Division of Convair
> > >
> > >* designer of radar FM altimeter on Apollo Lunar Landing Module
> > >
> > >With experience in designing guidance systems, Mr. Poirier began
> > >studying the guidance system of the monarch butterfly. His conclusion 
> > >is
> > >that the prior claim of a Creator dwarfs the efforts of man, and that
> > >this design could not have evolved.
> >
> > Now, give his areas of work and study above, how does any of this imply
> > that he knows enough about the evolutionary history of insecets, or 
> > even
> > butterflies, to make any kind of statement about them?
> >
> > --
> > Dick #1349
> > People think that libraries are safe places, but they're not,
> > they have ideas.
> > email: dickcr at uswest.net
> > Homepage http://www.users.uswest.net/~dickcr/
> 
> 
> Poirier writes in:
> 
> Design Features of the Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle
> by Jules H. Poirier
> http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-237.htm

Anything posted on icr.org automatically loses some major credibility.

> 14.Describe one insect that was transitional between a non-flying
> insect and a flying insect.

A gliding insect.

> From what creatures did butterflies evolve?

I don't know.

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