Richard MathesonHe stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue of a planet's intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no power to save men from perishing.
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A person who thinks that all of the knowledge accumulated in the world is useless. A person who sees modern science as useless and outdated.
Source: I Am Legend
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