Zhuge Liang, China’s legendary strategist, was the ultimate calculator of his era. He predicted weather shifts to win battles (like “borrowing” winds to burn enemy fleets), designed mechanical “wooden oxen” for logistics, and cracked military plans using star patterns—think of it as ancient big data. His “Eight Trigram” tactics were the AI algorithms of warfare, decoding chaos into victory. While he couldn’t beat modern lottery odds (1 in 292 million!), his genius reminds us: some games demand wisdom, not luck.