stackyFACTSAncient Chinese scholars realized arguing was exhausting, so they abstracted their frustrations into placing little black and white stones on a wooden grid. Go emerged as a disciplined activity for academics who preferred completely silent, deeply passive-aggressive domination over actual debate.
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