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

So now that our Readers (both New and ‘since time forgot’) have had the origin tale refreshed, what are we to take away from this little, thirty-minutes-or-less interaction?

The question: which is more significant? My emotional response to the implications of what I observed or the elevation of the concept of ‘personal reality’ in my own worldview?

Well, that should wake a body right up on a November morning!

No, not really.

I take that back. Just looked up the definition of ‘epiphany’. Here, courtesy of dictionary.com:

“…a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience”

That works.

Enough of the clarklike view of the world. What about you folks with a significant secondary clarklike aspect?

scotts? You’ve got one clarklike friend (though you know of other scotts at work or school or otherwise in your daily world, but, well, you know, the savannah is only so large.)

rogers? Everyone you see is a Member of your Herd, mostly other rogers, with a smattering of scotts (who, from some wisdom inherited from the pre-language era), you don’t need to chase or otherwise invite to come closer.

lol

If you are a fan, follower or Friend of the Doctrine but your predominant worldview is scottian or rogerian, there is still plenty in these pages that will be an asset to you as you go about your day today.

For our scottian friends: to employ the tools available here, you have one more edge on the competition in the never-ending eat-or-be-eaten contest that is the here and now for you folks. Think of the Doctrine as an enhancement of your already impressively sensitive nose for the emotional tenor of the Herd or, if you’re in the mood for something different, your vision will be further enhanced to spot the clarks, hiding in what remains of social underbrush after the Herd has wandered through. Nothin but net!

rogers will see the additional perspective afforded by understanding the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine as the most fundamental of benefits: enhancement of the Herd. Although the Herd can be unlimited, the opportunity to see members that might be moving inwards towards the centre (that you are currently holding), the better to test and celebrate the loyalty of people who are otherwise half-invisible.

Trust this will add a little something-something to your Monday.

Lets listen to some Mississippi John Hurt to get us out the house.