[betty boop]

In short, were it not for the immaterial, the materialist would not be aware of his own existence.

Great insight, logos. The materialist denies the ground upon which his entire existence rests and depends. Strikes me as being some kind of weird form of suicide.

Or maybe an exercise in "self-lobotomy?" If so, for what purpose?

[tpaine]

A tree falls.
It is immaterial if any being was aware of the 'sound' of the fall.
The tree fell. -- End of story.

You've been 'had' betty.
Logos "great insight" is just more absurd sophistry.

[Aquinasfan]

Or maybe an exercise in "self-lobotomy?" If so, for what purpose?

Holding onto a sinful habit.