I think I would give two answers to that question. One is whether there is a risk that describing things in terms of functional modules means we will find them. There is always a place for looking at things from multiple angles.

The other is that I think what you are talking about is communicating knowledge and models, whereas I was focussed more on the capture. But over all I think most of this remains at an early stage. We should describe what we can with precisions, effectively capture what we are actually doing, but retain an open mind about the bigger picture. Although that's just really describing good science practice anyway I suppose.