just because i want to do something nice before i kill asher beal and off myself , i say , `` well , the important thing is that they kept discussing the universality of prayer all over the world and even used scientific instruments to measure the energy that many people praying together creates , suggesting that prayer can be scientifically detected , that it actually changes our surroundings by manipulating electrons or something , and maybe it even helps-regardless of whether we 're really communicating with someone , be it a god or aliens or even if we are just meditating .