If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, then it goes here.
Notes for future OT posters:
1. Please add the 'open_thread' tag.
2. Check if there is an active Open Thread before posting a new one. (Immediately before; refresh the list-of-threads page before posting.)
3. Open Threads should start on Monday, and end on Sunday.
4. Unflag the two options "Notify me of new top level comments on this article" and "
Here's an instrumental rationality problem:
Wisdom teeth - preemptively remove them or not?
(risks of surgery / risks of having wisdom teeth / potential benefits of retaining them?)
Almost always a better idea to avoid anything preemptive. You never really know that you're going to need it done anyway (see bbleeker's comment), even if you might need it done in 5 or 10 years you might be dead of other things by that time anyway, and medical techniques improve over time (so surgery in 5 or 10 years is likely enough to be safer and less painful than surgery now.)