We wake up in the morning and slowly come to consciousness. In the course of doing so, we sometimes recall our dreams, and thus the fact that we were also somehow conscious in our dream state. As we go about our daily business, various things, processes and persons continually come into focus and receive our attention: the coffee machine, the toothbrush, the commute to work, our boss. We feel somewhat tired in the morning, refreshed after a shower, angry when we feel that we are treated unfairly, delighted when someone delivers good news to us. We experience all of this consciously, while we
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