When Science Proves What Scripture Has Always Said

God can hear your thoughts. But so can a computer — unless you say “chitty chitty bang bang”. 

Imagine this: Scientists implant a tiny chip in a person’s brain — and suddenly, their silent thoughts can be read and translated into words on a computer screen.

No moving lips. No sound. Just inner speech, silently formed, decoded in real time.

That’s not science fiction anymore. It’s here.

A new study published in Cell shows researchers at Stanford have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that can decode a person’s inner monologue with up to 74% accuracy — pulling words from a vocabulary of more than 125,000 options.

For patients with ALS or severe paralysis, this is a breakthrough. Instead of struggling to mouth words or operate a clunky keyboard with their eyes, they could one day simply think what they want to say — and the computer will write it out.

How does this God-like power work? Understanding the process might also help us understand something deeper: why God Himself can read our minds.

Surgeons implant microelectrodes deep into the motor cortex, the part of the brain that normally directs speech.

Even when no words are spoken, the neurons still spark in familiar patterns. And with the help of artificial intelligence, those silent sparks can now be translated into text on a screen.

The researchers even added a privacy safeguard: the system won’t run unless the user silently thinks a chosen passphrase — in one case, “chitty chitty bang bang” — to “unlock” their inner speech.

But here’s the part that made me stop and think:

If a machine, created by man, can learn to interpret a person’s silent words, then how much more can the God who created us interpret not just our thoughts, but our deepest motives, fears, and longings?

Psalm 139:4 reminds us: “Before a word is on my tongue, you, Lord, know it completely.”

Science may call it “inner speech.” Scripture calls it prayer.

What this new brain chip proves is that our most private, silent thoughts aren’t hidden at all — they’re real, physical, and tangible. The neurons fire. The signals move. The data is there.

If a chip can read them, how much more can the God of the universe hear them?

This new technology is a marvel, but it’s also a reminder. You don’t need eloquence. You don’t need volume. And you don’t need to explain every detail. When you whisper a prayer in silence, God hears it as clearly as if it were shouted.

Because long before Stanford put electrodes in the brain, He already wired us that way.

AUTHOR

Martin Mawyer

Martin Mawyer is the Founder of Christian Action Network, based in Lynchburg, VA.

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