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It seems surprising that this is true. Why are functional things beautiful, even when they serve only their own purposes?
I once asked a similar question (here). jimrandomh's reply was that having to satisfy constraints simply forces you to think harder about the problem, which increases the beauty of your solution. The analogy to wild animals doesn't hold up, which is lucky.