Why did I recognize I was dreaming?

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In summary, the conversation discusses a dream the speaker had where they did not realize they were dreaming until a deceased friend appeared. The friend then transformed into someone else and the speaker woke up, never having consciously recognized being in a dream before. The conversation also mentions guidelines for posting on a forum.
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Hi there,

I'm new here, thought I'd share something that happened to me last night, I'm not sure if it means anything, but either way here goes.

So I went to bed last night and starting dreaming, it was quite a long and vivid dream and at no time I consciously knew I was dreaming -- until a friend appeared, who has actually passed away and at that moment I consciously said if you are here, I must be dreaming right now.

That instant, my friend who had passed away changed into someone else I don't know and it was then I woke up -- very weird as I've never in my entire life recognized inside a dream, that I was actually dreaming.
 
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1. What do you consider as "weird" in a scientific context?

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