Well, he is. For the Luddites in these threads, it's enough to cite the JWST as a reason to keep doing things the same old way, over and over, in space and on Earth.
Of course, the reason why people who enjoy lecturing others about why something can't be done differently or shouldn't be done differently seem to gravitate to a site called "Hacker News" is one of those universal mysteries that can't be answered with a computer or a telescope.