If the played games contain all the information, you could equally say that the empty goban contains all Go knowledge. For example, very few games show ladders. It is the possibilities that the positions open up that have most of the knowlegde.Well, maybe this is the focal point of the discussion. Does half a million games contain all Go knwoledge? I think it seems obvious that it does not.I think only a religious fundamentalist can claim such a thing.