How voluntary is Alice’s control over what—or rather, when—she sees?
I thought that she had control on whether or not she looked into the future, but the way she describes playing games, it seems like she doesn’t have a choice whether or not she’s looking to see how the game turns out.
I’d think she could at least focus her visions at something irrelevant while playing the game, if she didn’t want to “cheat” badly enough, but I suppose that might interfere with her ability to play the game.
It’s mostly voluntary. She will tend to see things she looks for, and also tend to see things that are relevant to her regardless of whether she tries. As long as she’s committed to playing a game, she’s going to see the future of the game, unless she uses up most of her spare mental capacity to forcibly direct her sight at something irrelevant (thereby handicapping herself even relative to how well she could play with her sight blocked outright).
How voluntary is Alice’s control over what—or rather, when—she sees?
I thought that she had control on whether or not she looked into the future, but the way she describes playing games, it seems like she doesn’t have a choice whether or not she’s looking to see how the game turns out.
I’d think she could at least focus her visions at something irrelevant while playing the game, if she didn’t want to “cheat” badly enough, but I suppose that might interfere with her ability to play the game.
It’s mostly voluntary. She will tend to see things she looks for, and also tend to see things that are relevant to her regardless of whether she tries. As long as she’s committed to playing a game, she’s going to see the future of the game, unless she uses up most of her spare mental capacity to forcibly direct her sight at something irrelevant (thereby handicapping herself even relative to how well she could play with her sight blocked outright).