Methodological Naturalism

[RoadRunner79]

OFC we can make inferences based upon the data we have...but since all of our instruments collect natural data, then the inferences which can be produced by reference to them is limited to the same.  What else are we to include, and by what instrumentation are we to collect the data with which to make inferences?

I collect electrical data to infer a mechanical problem all the time.  I did so just the other day with a stuck solenoid.  I would also say that this is a current issue with science.  That it has become so specialized, and that there is too few people who collect data from different fields and subject matters that don't combine the information together.  Also, what logic leads you to conclude that data limited by the collection of natural means, is also limited to natural means as a conclusion?   In my personal example above, this does not seem to follow.  For instance, one might collect data from within the universe, to determine to come to the conclusion that it is an open system and either gaining or losing energy to something outside of the universe.