Seems obvious that a structure present in pretty much ALL humans has some evolved purpose.
If you want to scare yourself, search for "empty nose syndrome" and you'll find horror stories of people feeling like something is horribly wrong after surgeons removed their turbinates (often without telling them, while doing another procedure like deviated septum) ... some even end up committing suicide.
Chesterton's Fence comes to mind:
> The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
If you want to scare yourself, search for "empty nose syndrome" and you'll find horror stories of people feeling like something is horribly wrong after surgeons removed their turbinates (often without telling them, while doing another procedure like deviated septum) ... some even end up committing suicide.
Chesterton's Fence comes to mind:
> The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”