Tag: modularity

How microservices enhance application modularity

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Technology
Tagged
, biological systems, biology, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, combinations, Construction Physics, economists, engineering, evolutionary theory, functionality, genes, genetic recombination, horizontal gene transfer, information, intelligent design, modularity, mutations, recombination, sexual reproduction, subcomponents, technology}

Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 15, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Technology

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The fundamental problem with this analysis is that sexual reproduction does not make anything modular. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, biologists, biology, biomimicry, blood flow, brain, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Emily Reeves, engineering, Engineering Research Group, engineers, genetic variation, glycolysis, living systems, macroevolution, Michael Egnor, microevolution, modularity, optimality, pathology, physicians, physiology, Research, robustness, Stuart Burgess, systems engineering, Texas A&M, theory of biological design}

Year in Review: Demonstrating the Power of the Intelligent Design Framework in Biology

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

6}

Our scientists and engineers have further laid the foundation for a comprehensive and actionable theory of biological design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, complex systems, complexity, engineers, innovation, Lee Cronin, MIT Press, modularity}

Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

_{William A. Dembski
July 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Read More ›

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Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, control systems, effectors, engineers, foresight, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, Immune System, intelligent design, logic, Michael Egnor, mind, modularity, podcast, repair, sensors, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Fleshing Out a Theory of Biological Design

_{Science & Culture
January 19, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science

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Steve Laufmann and Michael Egnor explore these and other insights at the intersection of biology and engineering. Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, CELS 2021, Charles Darwin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinians, events, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, genes, giraffes, historical sciences, horizontal gene transfer, information processing, intelligent design, laptop computer, Mars rover, Michael Behe, modularity, NASA, Paul Nelson, reverse-engineering, robustness, The Blind Watchmaker}

Biology as Engineering: The Way Forward

_{Science & Culture
June 21, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A giraffe grows from a zygote to an 18-foot-tall adult while keeping its organs and systems coordinated. Limits to variation is a significant point to clarify. Read More ›

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Date
June 5, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, beauty, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent design, modularity, peer-reviewed literature, Science}

Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
June 5, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Read More ›