In canto 20, Dante and Virgil find those who attempted to look into the future. Their bodies have been grossly distorted, heads are spun backwards so that they look out behind them. Considering Dante the writer's system of poetic judgment, this punishment makes sense - at first.
Take a look at the gluttons; they were filthy, disgusting, foul hogs in life, now they lay in dirty snow, their sordidness pronounced in death. But the sorcerers are just the opposite. They tried to see into the future, but now they see backwards. If Dante is trying to be consistent, shouldn't they see forwards?
Also, in earlier cantos, the shades have the ability to see the future. What about here, can the sorcerers see the future?
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