Part of it is also that, while it does seem to help, it doesn't really have a major role in your body, and you can live a very happy and healthy life without an

Part of it is also that, while it does seem to help, it doesn't really have a major role in your body, and you can live a very happy and healthy life without an appendix. So, compared to virtually every other organ a regular person would know by name, saying "it doesn't have a role" is a quite good approximation. Even tonsils have a better defined and more measurable role.