[Andrews54757]

Biological systems are not "engineered" in the same way a computer is. Computer chips, despite all their complexity, are designed to be understood by humans - they are modular, and abstract-able to facilitate design. Biological systems do not have these properties unless it is advantageous for the task at hand. You often have systems where everything interacts with everything else in meaningful ways. So it isn't really accurate to directly compare reverse engineering technology to reverse "engineering" nature

[eddd-ddde]

I don't think the point of engineering is for something to be understood.

Biological systems, _solve_ real problems. They adapt. That's very much engineering in my opinion.

That most of our engineering is designed to be understood is just a side effect of how humans do things, not an inherent property.