Who said: "the 4th World War will be fought with sticks and

[GaiusMariusJifus]

Who said: "the 4th World War will be fought with sticks and spears"?

[wmchichiri]

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein

[MortalFool]

That's cool.

[Zorrinea]

No idea.......but I hope it will be like that! :evil:

[Admin]

What he meant was that after the 3rd World War civilization will have been destroyed so that all any survivors would have would be sticks and stones..... not really a future I'm hoping for.

[Eric, son of Chuck]

For someone with his head so often in space, Einstein was a remarkably astute fellow.

[EvilPoet]

:) Thought you guys might enjoy these Einstein
quotes as well ...

"There is only one road to human greatness:
through the school of hard knocks."
Comment on W. White's article, "Why I Remain
A Negro," October 1947. Einstein Archive 59-009
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"Fear and stupidity has always been
the basis of most human actions."
To E. Mulder, April 1954. Einstein Archive 60-609
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"It would be possible to describe everything
scientifically, but it would make no sense. It
would be a description without meaning---as
if you described a Beethoven symphony as a
variation of wave pressure."
Quoted in Max Born, Physik im Wandel meiner Zeit
(Braunschweig: Viewing 1966)
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Source for quotes:
The Expanded Quotable Einstein

[TWTCommish]

What he meant was that after the 3rd World War civilization will have been destroyed so that all any survivors would have would be sticks and stones..... not really a future I'm hoping for.
I always thought it meant that we'll be around, but our civilization will indeed be wiped out, leaving us to use primitive tools to fight any further wars. I never really thought he was implying that only sticks and stones will be around afterwards.

Regardless, great quote.

[Admin]

Ya... thats what I meant.

[TWTCommish]

D'oh. My bad.