I came across some online writing years ago, in which someone considers the problem of a doctor with a superpower, that they can instantly cure anyone they touch. They then talk about how the various genres of fiction would handle this story and what they would think the central problem would be.
Then the author says “you should try to figure out how you would actually solve this problem.” [EDIT: I originally had his solution here, but it’s a spoiler for anyone who wants to solve it themselves; click rsaarelm’s link below to see it in its original form.]
I can’t easily find it through Google, but does anyone know what I read / have the link to it?
I came across some online writing years ago, in which someone considers the problem of a doctor with a superpower, that they can instantly cure anyone they touch. They then talk about how the various genres of fiction would handle this story and what they would think the central problem would be.
Then the author says “you should try to figure out how you would actually solve this problem.” [EDIT: I originally had his solution here, but it’s a spoiler for anyone who wants to solve it themselves; click rsaarelm’s link below to see it in its original form.]
I can’t easily find it through Google, but does anyone know what I read / have the link to it?
John McCarthy’s The Doctor’s Dilemma
That’s it, thanks!
There’s a subgenre of Worm fanfic around the character Panacea who has a similar power, and runs into these problems.