Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Yes, yes they are.

Any other questions?

And, that ‘cost’ mentioned in the subtitle to today’s Post?

The full advisory goes, “If you come back to this blog more than twice…on purpose, you are possessed of the necessary flexibility of intelligence** to not only comprehend the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers, you most certainly have the ability to apply its principles. The resulting perspective on the world will enable you to identify the predominant worldview of those people who populate your reality and daily life. Learning (and remembering) the characteristics of the realities of the three types makes this increasingly easy for one reason: they are (and have been, all along) living in one of three realities:

• the reality of the Outsider (clarks) those native to this worldview will appear …different. Nothing obvious, although the fact that you have spotted a clark in your own world implies one of two things: a) they are in a overly-confident mood (which does not bode well for them) or 2) you are a clark (which does not…never mind). clarks stand out from a crowd like a tablespoon of red glitter in a bowl of oatmeal. They are the people who tend to mumble when speaking, (asking them to ‘speak up’ is quite counter-productive; they are as likely to change what it was they were trying to say as they are to speak louder/clearer). Fortunately, clarks are as inattentive to their surroundings as scotts are alert. Just ‘look for the girl with the sun in her eyes‘, as the Beatles once advised and the rest will fall into place.
• the world of the Predator (scotts) don’t worry, if present, they’ll come to you… lol Unlike the clark, everything about a scott is obvious. (There is an old saying, ‘a scott, alone in a room, isn’t’.) You will, if you’re lucky or have studied your Wakefield Doctrine, spot the scott a split-second after they’ve spotted you. (If you’re a clark, you will have the good sense not to try and run). As predators, a scott lives in the world of the pack and, as a pack member, the first thing to do when entering a new situation is to establish their ranking. If you are in any gathering and, by chance (or are a clark) find yourself in a position to observe everyone at once, watch for the person who moves from person-to-person, small-group-to-small-groups. That will be your scott. They are doing what all scotts will do, establishing ranking (within a given set of people). They are friendly, confident and un-shy. They will introduce themselves to you (if you are alone); they will be introduced by someone in your group (if you are not). They will surely tell a joke, (they are natural performers) but they will be watching everyone for response. (Question from the roger in the back there? More than one scott? Good question! They will interact at some point. And then they will find a spot, as far apart as physically possible from each other and spend their remaining time in their territory.
• the life of the Herd Member (rogers) no real hunting needed, as this group accounts for three-quarters of the population. rogers, in a social setting, can be initially mistaken for a scott. rogers are (socially) confident, personable, excellent conversationalist, (one is tempted to say they are ‘good listeners’, but then one would be wrong), well-dressed and attractive. They will form the temporary center of a group. They will speak with enthusiasm and emotion. They will not only know everyone, they will have information, personal information about everyone that almost everyone else will enjoy hearing. They are the person you go to when your computer starts acting weird, when you’ve just been dumped by your gf/bf or when your parents get on your case. In that group that we are using as a field of play? rogers are the groups. They are the herd that a scott will prey on and the clark will hope to be disguised and hidden by

…the cost of learning the above? You will soon start to identify the people in your life as one of the three. You will find yourself saying, ‘Wait a minute! I’ll be he/she is one of those rogers/scotts/clarks that the Wakefield Doctrine talks about’.

(Very cool thing here. Because we are not concerned with adding up the presence (or absence) of personality traits in order to identify a person’s ‘type’, all you have to do is watch them. No, really. Sometimes it gets a little scary and you think, ‘Damn! Whats the odds that they have read the Doctrine and are doing this for my benefit?!’ Nope. They are not. They are just responding to the world as they are experiencing it. And you, by virtue of knowing the characteristics of the three worldviews, are merely (and extraordinarily) seeing the world as they are experiencing it. Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine!

the warning thing? oh yeah, that. Thing is, once you start seeing the clarks, scotts and rogers in your own particular world? You kinda might not be able to not see the clarks, scotts and rogers…. sorry.

Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine.

** flexibility of intelligence: the confidence and imagination that allows one to accept the fact that there is more than one ‘real’ reality