/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.9994804]

Why the fuck do there even need to be nerve endings in teeth? They literally cause more harm than good. The pain they cause is not proportional to their importance.

[Anonymous No.9994807]

Presumably they warn you against breaking your teeth on bone and wood. Or ice, nowadays.

[Anonymous No.9994810]

>>9994804
Evolution isn’t always perfect

[Anonymous No.9994829]

>>9994804

Did you think nature would have developed a mechanism for producing thousands of pounds of square inch pressure in your bodies without a feedback system to make us aware of it?

>absolute brainlet

[Anonymous No.9994848]

>>9994810
It's more like a mutation rather than an "evo"lution.
>>9994829
I see the purpose of these informative nerves, what I don't understand is why the hell do we have our emotions directly linked to these things, including pain/discomfort to the point you can die from it (heart attacks, unconsciousness, anxiety attack, adrenaline, sugar rush)

[Anonymous No.9995160]

>>9994804
Imagine if the teeth kept growing and we needed to chew on stuff to keep them ground down enough so they don't kill us.

[Anonymous No.9995173]

>>9995160
this would be fun desu

[Anonymous No.9995243]

>>9995160
that must have been a slow and agonizing death

[Anonymous No.9995287]

>>9994848
Im sure youre alot more likely to die without pain nerves than with them.

[Anonymous No.9995299]

>>9994804
This is tantamount to saying "why does pain exist?", which is obviously retarded. Your mouth is one of the highest traffic areas on your body, being able to gather information about what you put in it is useful.

[Anonymous No.9995390]

>>9995299
>which is obviously retarded

Why though? Surely there must have been another way of informing you of damage or risk of damage to your body without the suffering that comes with it?

Pain is the worst thing about life. It's so inefficient. It's not even precise. You can feel chronic debilitating pain even when people wíth over 10 years of medicine experience, modern CT/MRI machines, ultrasound, blood tests can't detect anything. The pain is even in the way of treating injuries which is why surgery is done with pain shut off.

I hope it's just me being ignorant but I don't get why pain treatment is not the #1 issue in science. It's strange to me that people are worrying about aging and want to live longer before the issue of pain is solved.

[Anonymous No.9995406]

>>9994810
This

[Anonymous No.9995414]

>>9995390
How else would your body react efficiently to it if it wasn't at all aversive? I think damage pathways by definition need to be like that. aversive, highly arousing, stimulating of quick action - suffering.

That kind of pain you're talking about is a disease.

[Anonymous No.9995428]

>>9995390
Relevant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce_(philosopher)

[Anonymous No.9995436]

>>9995390
Because without a sudden emotional shock, you're liable to ignore it... And since language is learned, rather than instinctual, your brain can't really take some time out to explain the dilemma to itself.

If you wanna talk about neurological responses that a generally detrimental, just consider yourself lucky you're not one of those other mammals with a much lower pain tolerance that goes into shock from such stimulus.

(Also just see your dentist and get it fucking over with.)

[Anonymous No.9995449]

>>9995414
It should be like in video games. You should just feel where the injury is and then decide for yourself whether to ignore it or not. So if you need to do something painful to survive you are not held down by your fear of pain.

I am probably being irrational but fuck I just hate pain so much.

[Anonymous No.9995557]

>>9995390
such pain is there because nothing is killing it off

Look kid, if you really want to see something bad, look at how the numerous types of parasitic wasps reproduce. That one is impossible to stomach once you think about all the implications.

[Anonymous No.9995561]

>>9994804
>get infected gums
>don't feel pain
>ignore it for weeks
>die

[Anonymous No.9995584]

>>9995160

[Anonymous No.9995590]

>>9994848
Because you would ignore the fuck out of "information" unless it hurt.

[Anonymous No.9995597]

>>9995160
I liked chewing on bones from dinner as a kid, but my parents made me stop when my adult teeth started coming in

[Anonymous No.9995608]

>>9995597
Cooked bones become brittle and can easily splinter. Which is why you don't feed cooked bones to pets. The splinters can get caught in their throat. Eating bones is fine, but damn I can't imagine allowing a child to eat them without some sort of good discussion about proper chewing so they don't get splinters caught. As an adult, you can munch away all you want on bones and it will strengthen your teeth. If you have dental work, avoid chewing with those teeth. In fact, if you grew up chewing on bones and continued it into adulthood your teeth will be healthier all around.

>>9995390
Pain is pretty efficient. Teeth are extremely important. Without them you can die of starvation in the wild. Thankfully, humans know how to pre-masticate their food with tools and cooking. Thus, knowing when there's a problem with your teeth helps you survive.

What you really need to think about is why you are having pain with your teeth, if it is not related to chewing on something you shouldn't be chewing on. Because modern man has a shit load more problems with their teeth than cultures without our shitty diets.

[Anonymous No.9995616]

>>9994804
we dont. Evolution doesnt work to make us comfy, it works making ""us"" (actually some people) better than others. Human body is designed by a retard

[Anonymous No.9995617]

>>9994804

>The pain they cause is not proportional to their importance.

Tf u talkin about nigga. There are literally animals that die of starvation when their teeth fall out. Your teeth reflect your health - especially your diet. Our ancestors didn't have half the problems we do because there was no processed sugars in their diets. Nearly every part of the body has some sort of feedback system - the teeth are no different. The pain isn't just there to cause an inconvenience. It is there to tell you that something is wrong. Like other animals, we use our mouths as a 5th "appendage" sometimes (to hold onto stuff, etc). But imagine what it would be like if we felt no pain cracking teeth opening a beer bottle? There would be no mechanism to tell you to not try something stupid like that again. Your mouth is prone to all sorts of nasty infections - not something to be ignored. Teeth also have blood supply and require nutrients to function, they are not merely there for mechanical purposes. You can replace your teeth with dentures, but dentures are not indestructible either and require very frequent maintenance (more so than natural teeth).

[Anonymous No.9995711]

I guess OP would be pro Leprosy. That's an ailment that inability to sense pain in extremities, resulting in damage and loss of limbs due to not being able to receive the pain feedback.

[Anonymous No.9996219]

>>9995561
>be prehistoric human
>get infected gums
>feel insane amount of pain
>no clue what's going on
>can't even sleep anymore
>kill yourself

[Anonymous No.9996739]

>>9996219
>be prehistoric human
>get infected gums
>feel insane amount of pain
>no clue what's going on
>can't even sleep anymore
>knock the tooth out
>dont die from infection
even ancient societies had dentists

[Anonymous No.9996743]

>>9995160
>chew those sticks kids or your teeth will stab you in the brain

[Anonymous No.9996761]

>>9995406
B-but anon, the eye is a PERFECT machine! Just like the banana is the PERFECT food for mammals!

[Anonymous No.9996772]

>>9995390
Like what? Pain makes you recoil and forces a heightened state of mind.

[Anonymous No.9996775]

>>9995390
Pain is fine if you're not a pussy onion boy.

[Anonymous No.9996776]

>>9996761
Is this one of those teenage troll posts?

[Miniature Spacecraft No.9996794]

>>9994804
Pain is only a signal that says " something is wrong here "

[Anonymous No.9996848]

>>9996776
>he doesn't know the ray comfort reference

[Anonymous No.9996892]

>>9996739
But Anon, knocking the tooth out causes even more pain. How the fuck are early humans or even apes supposed to figure this shit out when their bodies give them negative feedback when they actually find the way to fix the issue?

[Anonymous No.9996898]

>>9994804

Allow me to introduce you poorfag's new best friend...don't get it on your tongue, it kills nerve endings on contact, or at least kicks the shit out of them.

GNC or most health food stores have it.

[Anonymous No.9996915]

>>9994804
>what are pressure sensors
Jaw muscles are so strong you can hurt yourself by clamping down too hard.

[Anonymous No.9996925]

>>9996848
pls explain

[Anonymous No.9996928]

>>9995243
lol 2true

[Anonymous No.9996932]

>>9996925
https://youtu.be/BXLqDGL1FSg