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I think it's a rather bleak story, "woman can see future events, prefers to live out the spoiler version of her life rather than changing anything and being sur
by jbigelow76 10y ago
I think it's a rather bleak story, "woman can see future events, prefers to live out the spoiler version of her life rather than changing anything and being surprised", but whatever, at least it's internally consistent.
In theory Louise could have told her daughter not go climbing because she can see the future and knows her daughter would die but that would probably result in:
1. Mom getting written off as bat shit crazy and ignored.
2. Teens and young adults being teens and young adults tend to shrug off warnings and advice of their parents and she would have died anyway.
- the_af 10y agoI seem to remember it's slightly implied Louise's desire to protect her daughter from heights (isn't there a scene with a staircase in the story, or did I dream it?) actually pushes her daughter into climbing. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- mcguire 10y agoNot quite. If she prevented her daughter from dying, the result would be a paradox. In the story, she knows the future, not a hypothetical, if-nothing-changes prediction of the future.
- avar 10y ago> Mom getting written off as bat shit crazy and ignored. Yeah let's write off mom, the premier expert in xenolinguistics on the planet when she tells you the aliens taught her to see the future. She doesn't even try. > Teens and young adults being teens and young adults Her daughter dies at 25. She's old enough that Louise could have not only explained this to her, but fully taught her Heptopod B so she could see it for herself.