I’m not a Trekkie, but I see this mentality a lot in fantasy settings. “Why would there be wheel chair users when a simple healing spell would cure it?” 🙄
Maybe because healing spells don’t work that way? Or maybe that type of spell requires some very rare and/or expensive ingredients. Like, it’s magic. You can make up whatever rules for it that you want.
There’s always the way to rationize that a medical problem can’t be fixed because of individual traits - for example, in the Wrath of Khan, Kirk needs reading glasses because he’s allergic to the drug they normally use to treat vision problems.
I’m not a Trekkie, but I see this mentality a lot in fantasy settings. “Why would there be wheel chair users when a simple healing spell would cure it?” 🙄
Maybe because healing spells don’t work that way? Or maybe that type of spell requires some very rare and/or expensive ingredients. Like, it’s magic. You can make up whatever rules for it that you want.
There’s always the way to rationize that a medical problem can’t be fixed because of individual traits - for example, in the Wrath of Khan, Kirk needs reading glasses because he’s allergic to the drug they normally use to treat vision problems.