The Importance of Aesthetics in Science

I look forward to that day when aliens blow our little minds and tell us how there are other ways to think about the universe. What questions are they asking? You know, not just about what answers do they have, but what do they find strange and fascinating about the universe? It seems to me like a lot of what we think about as objective in science is driven by aesthetics. And so I think you're right that we need to look at that and wonder whether there are other choices that could have been made.