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Nice attempt at deflection.

So scientists think that thoughts and emotions are part of the real world, eh?

And now they're spending time trying to observe the unobservable. They can only determine it based on inferring from the results.

But that doesn't apply to all things that cannot be observed.

Mighty selective of them. Sounds like a somewhat biased viewpoint that they're working from. Not very objective of them. Kind of disqualifies them from being scientists from the get go, doesn't it?

Seems to me that at one time electricity was considered supernatural.

Science has come a long way. Downward. if they immediately disqualify something from being studied based on personal prejudices.

So scientists think that thoughts and emotions are part of the real world, eh?
And now they're spending time trying to observe the unobservable. They can only determine it based on inferring from the results.
But that doesn't apply to all things that cannot be observed.

I have no idea what you're getting at. If you have a point, feel free to make it. Are you complaining because scientists aren't investigating the supernatural, is that it? You know that they've investigated lots of "supernatural" things, from prayer to ESP, right?

The only tools for investigation of some phenomena--or the only ones we have now, anyway--involve putting something into the system and seeing what you get out. Facebook famously altered some users' news feeds to change the balance of positive and negative posts, and then analyzed those users' own posts to see if their moods were affected. Medical researchers have divided patients into groups that were prayed for and groups that weren't, to see if there was a difference in outcomes. What "supernatural stuff" would you like scientists to be investigating that you're convinced they aren't?