>With nothing beyond the discredited stage 4 to look forward to, it is mostly no longer possible for humanities majors to develop a rational, systematic self.

>With nothing beyond the discredited stage 4 to look forward to, it is mostly no longer possible for humanities majors to develop a rational, systematic self. As I understand it, the article says that Stage 5'ers are burning the bridge to 4 because stage 4 is perceived as unsophisticated, but Stage 4 is required to grow to Stage 5. If 4 was required to reach 5, why would a 5'er work to discredit 4 - unless these 5'ers saw their Stage-4 self as useless? Yes the article says that Stage 4 is necessary - but it also says that some Stage 5'ers are dismantling Stage 4 because some 5'ers think it's unsophisticated. Unrelated - but oh lord I was at the Salvador Dali museum (Dali being an anti-rationalist artist) a few days ago and you could smell the pretense in the air. I didn't know I was going to the museum that day so I was dressed like a slobby, computer nerdy tourist. So many side remarks from the security guards and regular visitors - projecting their sophistication insecurities onto me! The insecure sophisticated anti-rationalists are real!