Why only two sets?

[Etha]

Well, those deaths would not account for a large percentage of the pop., and as such would be mostly irrelevant.

The same is true for people who die on account of loosing all their teeth.

That...Is a really good point...

[Nazi Flower Power]

Evolutionarily, chewing things like grain came along too late to change something so basic. That's my guess, but there is considerable doubt about what the "neolithic" diet actually was.

I really wish it was possible to grow more teeth. My last set are pretty bad. Hopefully science can come up with something better than dentures before that's my only option.

Well, in places where this possibly could occur, it's probably prevented due to the Whole world's gene pool being mixed together due to Global travel and the such. But if you could put Boundary Bubbles around certain areas around the world, it might start to occur.

Why are you so attached to this idea? It makes no sense.

[Etha]

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? That's...An odd Founding date...

He's been around longer than SARS.

SARS? ?

[Etha]

Well, in places where this possibly could occur, it's probably prevented due to the Whole world's gene pool being mixed together due to Global travel and the such. But if you could put Boundary Bubbles around certain areas around the world, it might start to occur.

Why are you so attached to this idea? It makes no sense.

I'm sorry if I'm annoying you, but I was curious about the subject and am trying to continue the posts.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

He's been around longer than SARS.

SARS? ?

Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). Boy, did I just date myself, or what?

[Shaluach]

SARS? ?

Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). Boy, did I just date myself, or what?

By, don't you feel old now?

[Etha]

SARS? ?

Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). Boy, did I just date myself, or what?

Oh...That's old...I'm guessing...

[Shaluach]

Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). Boy, did I just date myself, or what?

Oh...That's old...I'm guessing...

It broke out in '02-'03.

[Goeiehoopland]

Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). Boy, did I just date myself, or what?

"Listen, Stan. I have SARS. There is only a 98% percent chance that I will live."

Ah, SARS. The first of just many of this century's news media-catalyzed topical "breakouts."

[Breadknife]

Oh...That's old...I'm guessing...

It broke out in '02-'03.

Which to me (and LG and BJP) is quite recent. The fact you can't remember it... I think I need to go and lay down for a while. (You may need to periodically check that I'm still breathing, with a cold mirror or something.)

Maybe I ought to give a go at revivifying my first NS nation (i.e. try to guess what password I used at the time). It'd have an antiquarian founding date, too. (Although no posts, unless it gets to import post numbers from the original forum database, at all.)

However, that's off-topic.


What I was going to say was that it became quite traditional, in the past (by which I mean mid-way through the prior century, almost within the practical memories of some of us here) for the removal of all teeth (and provision of dentures) to be a valuable present, e.g. a wedding present to the bride. It was deemed better to lose all the currently nice teeth (probably better than teeth now, with there being less of a sugar-filled diet) than the inevitable decline in dental health sneaking up on the person in later years and ultimately costing more (in both money and pain).

Should anyone have the likelihood of a third set of teeth, it would have played hell with the dentures they'd have been growing into.

(It's also a good argument against elementary Lamarckism being true. Although the multi-generational Jewish experiment is probably the better evidence against that.)

[Nazi Flower Power]

It broke out in '02-'03.

Which to me (and LG and BJP) is quite recent. The fact you can't remember it... I think I need to go and lay down for a while. (You may need to periodically check that I'm still breathing, with a cold mirror or something.)

Me too...

[Lunatic Goofballs]

I tried to revisit the issue at the last several conclaves of divine and semi-divine entities, but the Tooth Fairy Union is a powerful lobby.

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Suck it Shaluach! You can't do Squat on here! MWAHAHAHA!!!

*** Warned for flaming ***

[Estormo]

God was probably "Eh, fuck it. 2 will work.", because back then, people weren't consuming such acidic foods and drinks.

[Divair2]

So I was wondering (As I often do, and just now decided to converse about it), why do Humans just get the two pairs of teeth? Wouldn't it be a biological advantage for survival to have? And as such, evolution would have supplied us with more pairs?
What say you, NS? ( That was the first time I've ever said that!).

That's not how evolution works.

[Juggalo world]

I wished we had more sets of teeth like sharks that would be cool as fuck

[Sp0onlandaquaforcego]

Meh. Two sets is fine, but it would be nice to change them as we please. Like to remove food bits and such.

[Salvageville]

The matter was referred as the "Hay came along to quickly!" as some people think is fundamental. A lot of what has already been a major problem we have been happy only in respect of the Neolithic the space of diet actually.

I really wish it was possible to grow up with the majority of this possibility. I set bad behavior out of my sight. So that was just my dentures, I hope for better.

[Salandriagado]

Growing more body parts is energy-expensive. Unless there's a particular evolutionary drive to do so, it tends to not happen.

But, Humans have been in an environment where receiving said energy is quite a feasible task.
Also, because its uncomfortable shouldn't have anything to do with it, right? Survival's survival.

Not for an evolutionarily significant period of time.

[Etha]

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Suck it Shaluach! You can't do Squat on here! MWAHAHAHA!!!

*** Warned for flaming ***

Yeah, sorry.

[The Grey Wolf]

I tried to revisit the issue at the last several conclaves of divine and semi-divine entities, but the Tooth Fairy Union is a powerful lobby.

The immortals are probably all still pissed at you for getting drunk and smashing Heaven.

[The Grey Wolf]

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Suck it Shaluach! You can't do Squat on here! MWAHAHAHA!!!

*** Warned for flaming ***

Really? That seemed more of a joke than a flame.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

It could be made from keratin and thus be ever-growing, like nails.

But then I think we'd then need avian-like digestive tube.

[AiliailiA]

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Really? That seemed more of a joke than a flame.

Yeah. I don't understand that ruling at all.

Etha replied in good humor to the actual poster Shaluach immediately after that "flame".

[AiliailiA]

It could be made from keratin and thus be ever-growing, like nails.

But then I think we'd then need avian-like digestive tube.

I think teeth are harder than nails.
But then, as you point out, there are birds. They crack open seeds and so on using a beak made of keratin.

Impeach dentists. Legalize oral podiatry. Cloaca 2016!

[Magna Libero]

I think ..., because two is a magical number. It's almost like three!