For some reason, it seems a widespread habit to drift from astronomical or quantum discussions into religion. So widespread that we see Apollo astronauts readin

For some reason, it seems a widespread habit to drift from astronomical or quantum discussions into religion. So widespread that we see Apollo astronauts reading Genesis and Youtube search results on those topics return a jumble real science with mysticism. Yet this seems to happen much less for, say, chemistry, geology, materials science etc. (nor software questions mercifully) It's not quite clear why (western?) minds are wired this way. Particularly since chemistry was tied up with mysticism for centuries yet subatomic science is brand new. But it would be nice if at least professional interviewers would avoid straying into non-sequiturs.