neil is a certified astrophysicist the forget yall on about lmao
people dont like him because he goes out of his way to be non-insightful on social media all the time. it'll be december 31 and he'll post the same tweet he's posted the last 5 year about how the new year is arbitrary and meaningless from a solar perspective. like, alright. cool. who cares.
and that's the kinda stuff he posts all the time. it's this "im a smart guy (who doesnt understand that people care about things for reasons unrelated to astronomy)" attitude. he makes himself look like a dumbass.