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2sdey -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 3, 2026 By clarkscottroger Leave a Comment

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

Where were we?

…guess what happens when a clark walks up and says, “I really like what you’ve done with your world. Everyone belongs. Can I join your Herd?”

something, something…blue paint

good! we’re back on track for this week’s theme.

it’s not a pretty picture when it comes to clarks and Herds. pretty much doesn’t happen. of course. clarks and Herds obviously coexist, sometimes amicably, very often serving as a cautionary tales for unruly members of the Herd. (“keep it up. you wanna end up like him…/her?”)

as couples there are no restrictions on the pairing of Outsiders and Herd Members (blessing of the Everything Rule). that said, the Wakefield Doctrine can be of help (usually the clark in the pair) when conflict (institutional or circumstantial) arises.

what is interesting is how challenging it is for a clark who have convinced themselfs of the value in trying ‘to pass’ as a roger. Hardly ever happens.* And, not for nothin’ if it did and another clark noticed, they’d be all, ‘Don’t mind me. I’ll just get a seat back there, in the back’

not equating the rejection of a clark by the Herd to any of the more ‘real’ world forms of discrimination.

and, before any roger feeling all St. Thomas/Mother Theresa about the situation, a clark’s life, vis á vis being rejected and/or psycho-socially bullied by a gathering of rogers (aka a Herd) is not a tragic, pitiable or anything else… it’s the life… no! lets frame this correctly, it is the nature of the world for the Outsider to be…outside.

not that we celebrate it (much) but there are trade-offs to being outside, such as the gift of creativity** and the joy in encountering new information so… ain’t nothin’ but a thang.

* in which case most likely a clark with a crazy-strong secondary rogerian aspect (no! you don’t want to look) (lol)

** speaking of the Everything Rule… all three have a gift for creativity. it’s just that it (creativity) manifests differently for clarks, scotts and rogers:

clarks (the Outsider) genuine creativity as in bringing something totally new, unique into existence (yeah, we know what you’re thinking… good luck selling that)
scotts (the Predator) creative by virtue of their ability to get others to see what they (the scott) want them to see. (“Hey! Look at this!!”) think lead singer in a band
rogers (the Herd Member) creative by virtue of artful re-assembly of already known/accepted elements of reality. (think Stephen King stories that are told with nice, well-rounded words that strike a chord of recognition in most readers most of the time)

questions?

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Monday, Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 2, 2026 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

New Wakefield Doctrine series this week. From Comments submitted by Misky, Frank and Mimi, our topic:

rogers and clarks ‘of blue monkeys and Herd integrity‘

Before we begin, for any New Readers (an increasingly likelihood as we’ve been participating in other ‘hops and visiting new friends blogs)

The Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up). It maintains that what most other personality schema refer to at personality types are simply is but a reflection of the infant human’s adapting to a world defined by his/her relationship with it. The Doctrine has three personality types (referred to as predominant worldviews) therefore it proposes three characteristic relationships on can have:

the Outsider (clarks) the world of thought and ideas, insatiable curiosity driving a search for information, specifically the knowledge that would permit them to be ‘a part of’… you know, a real person. clarks think
the Predator (scotts) chase, run, sleep, eat and etc… the day is all, the here and now the tactile and mercurial is all the justification required for their undivided intention… appetite scotts act
the Herd Member (rogers) the world is complete and sufficient and quantifiable. there is a Right Way that is one’s duty to learn and practice and telling others of this way, influence rather than force, emotion trumps reason ever time. rogers feel

These adaptations and social strategies are responsible for predominant worldviews. In a very real sense, the style (of coping) each of us develop is the perfect personality type for the world as we are experiencing it. Hey, if you’re growing up in the world of the Outsider you really don’t need to be loud and aggressive; the Predator? subtle and introspective won’t help run down that Prey and those developing and maturing in the life of Herd Members are all about keeping track of the details of the world. The better to know the Right Way.

so to this week’s topic:

rogers live in the world as a Member of the Herd. The Herd is everything. (This includes that which the roger might not be directly aware of but has an effect on his/her life.) The view of the world for any roger is from the center of their Herd. As to the members of one’s Herd, they are aligned and consistent with the one in the center in a behavioral concentricity… most loyal (aka in simpatico with) the closest to the center. Ain’t no conflict or disagreement there. All on the same page. (Our behavioral metaphor of a herd is quite helpful. Rub shoulders? We agree.)

Of course everyone does not agree with each other on everything. Now zoom out, all disney-tulip-zoom-up-aerial-panorama. The farther away from the center the looser the alignment.

So what’s the deal with clarks?

To begin with, consider the definition of a clark: the Outsider. Their personal reality is one of ‘me and them’. A clark realizes (correctly or otherwise) at a very early age that most everyone around them are comfortable with each other. They share something. Something common that binds them on some level. They are, collectively, a part of. By the mere fact of being able to recognize this fricken totally dooms the clark.

clarks know that most of the world of people are connected and share an unspoken commonality, rogers are joined by the experience of the world from the perspective of the Herd. rogers do not include ‘Herd’ as a subset of reality. It is reality.

guess what happens when a clark walks up and says, “I really like what you’ve done with your world. Everyone belongs. Can I join your Herd?”

yeah… cue the blue paint!

to be cont’d

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 31, 2026 By clarkscottroger 20 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weakly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop. Created by Lizzi R. in East Ham-on-Rye, a small hamlet on the river Tedious during the winter of 1883. A landmark of the blogosphere since first going online in 1887 (Anno Dominoe), the TToT has been a beacon for those desiring a judgement-free place to explore and exploit their encounters with the all-to-rare (in the general public) state of gratitude.

Below, for the Wakefield Doctrine, our list of the people. places, things and events that have (or recent memory and recollection) inspired us to say, ‘that’s what those Hosts and Hostinae are talking about!

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Non-snow accessorized weather

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) the tree at Ola’s grave. (Backstory: Ola had a game she liked to play when she needed to amuse herself, say, we were doing yard-work or something outdoors that did not allow us to play the ‘throw-the-ball’ game. She would find a rock. Something on the order of an anemic balling ball. Standing in front of it, she would paw at either side, barely scraping her rock, definitely digging grooves in the earth to either side. By doing so, Ola could get the rock to move. The fence enclosing the backyard (to slow down other animals) was the path she followed. (Photo(ish) in Grat #9) She passed by a young white pine tree in the course of her game. Repeatedly. Over the years. Both lifeforms had an impressive will-to-live. Here is the pine tree today, shading Ola’s grave. Neither ever completely gave up.

7) the company of talented, insightful writers as manifested in the TToT’s Hostinae and Hosts to wit Mimi, Kristi, Dyanne, Denise, Lisa, Misky, Frank, Andrew, KnitCat, Cai and Reelika… thanks for hanging out with us on weekends and such

8) something something

9) the path of Ola’s rock game (partial for illustration purposes)

10) Secret Rule 1.3

Musix

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Satyr-Sae -the Wakefield Doctrine- “out visiting other bloggers, having completed this week’s TToT”

October 31, 2026 By clarkscottroger 8 Comments

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

So, in a comment to Misky yesterday, we quoted a line from Robert Browning’s pome ‘Andrea del Sarto‘ “…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp…” In the spirit of adventure, not to mention, getting out a little more these days, we came across a ‘hop: at…

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Linda Hill’s ‘Saturday Stream of Consciousness’

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “costume.’” Use it way you’d like. Have fun!

After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here to this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!

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…and we thought to ourselves, we thought, “That might be fun! We’ve finished this week’s TToT, why not. Then we saw the prompt word: ‘Costume’

In the world of the Wakefield Doctrine, many holidays are associated with one of the three personality types than the other two. Costumes have the first order suggestion of the ‘holiday’ of Halloween. Where, in Oceania, as well as other parts of the world, children (and adults looking for an excuse) dress in costumes and go out house to house asking for candy. Trick or Treat is the official designation of this activity. As a child, putatively just like other children, I looked forward to the bag of candy at the end of the night. Being of a certain age, there was little in the way of healthy, my-god-the-sugar-content! items being handed out at the neighbors. Mostly sucrose with a dollop of food coloring (candy corn! who didn’t eat them to the point of getting sugar burns?) But the evenings included costumes which for my time and demographic were variations on ghosts and whatever-suggested-by-an-excess-of-mother-or-sister’s-makeup.

It was the best of nights, it was the worst of nights. And it was more than a measurable amount of time ago. We did not merely grow too old for such childish activities, the world itself had a hand in the distancing I imagine while typing. To say that the world changed or modern times exerted control would be the most of the over-simplification. We, collectively without regard to age or culture, were re-cast. The roles we auditioned for were re-tre-quatro-written. Without our consent or input in the editorial process.

But, here we are. At least our current roles allow us to retain the backstory of our memories. Of a time when kids went door to door, semi-alone and gathered back home to spill out the loot on bedspreads and dining room tables.

In the Doctrine’s system of three personality types there is one (of the three) that shows the highest level of tropism for the ‘costumes mean no one will recognize you’ element of Halloween. Hint: rhymes with ‘Outsider’

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Wednesydea -the Wakefield Doctrine-

October 28, 2026 By clarkscottroger 9 Comments

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

Tonight we’ll post our Six Sentence Story (or two) and Friday we might try an catch ‘an out-of-town’ bloghop. If for no other reason than to to broaden our horizons, try to penetrate yet another blogosphere segment… you know, just to keep our ‘stalk ‘n hunt’ secondary scottian aspect from becoming bored, (or worse, lethargic and believing that his/her claws are permanently the pieces of chalk they are coming to resemble).

We will, continue to offer, at minimum, three days of ‘This is (the) Wakefield Doctrine’ posts. For New (and Experienced) Readers alike.

From Misky in her Comment on Monday’s post.

This: “Find a zen monk who’s a roger and hold up a picture of sub-adults all enraptured by a social app on their (collective) phones. Ask: is this a part of the monk’s Herd?
The answer: It is now.” …

I find this image somewhat unsettling, and I would avoid those particular sub-adults like plague in a petri dish. What if some part of the ‘herd’ goes against the rules of the collective? Will a rogerian sever that (renegade) portion from the herd, or try to persuade their thinking into uniformity?

ok. leave your reasonable expectations, extrapolations of behavior based on ‘do unto others…’ and remember we’re talking about fun with behavioral metaphors.

Picture a workplace. One focused on technical/scientific/rules-based activity. The business is thriving. To simplify this example for any New Readers, lets say it’s a analytical laboratory, an engineering and design company or…an old-school seminary.

The defining demographic of employees and management? rogers!*

*New Readers: the Everything Rule, if you please. Sure, there are such things as scottian aeronautical engineers and you can find clarklike CPAs in ‘the Big Four’. But remember! This is for fun with with our imaginations

Bonus!!!! (from an old post)… we totally promise(ish) to get back on topic right after:

if we didn’t have rogers you would not want to have to fly from Newark to Biloxi in a plane designed and built by a scott!

jet airliners designed by scotts: very fast with at least 5 or 6 engines (not necessarily required to get off the ground, but make them louder than frickin anything)

a part of the cabin has a basketball net/hockey/or batters box

the stewards would have to wear bathing suits… male or female and they would carry those little air horn things (can of compressed air) to warn the unruly passengers or just in case they get bored

the flight deck would have windows that open, so the pilot could yell at passing jets

0r a clark:

instead of normal seats, there would be couches with pillows and quilts (that would have a disturbing tendency to slide around when the plane has to bank for final approach)

the stewardesses would be scotts and stewards would be rogers

there would be a bathroom-to-passenger ratio of nothing less than 1:2

ok….oh kay! a promise is a promis. To Misky’s question.

If you have ever been in such an environment (or have heard reliable tales of life in a rogerian dominated workplace) you will say…”I accept that there will be a significant level of intrigue and political maneuvering for advancement but…. but!! why do they (the rogers) seem to be able to overlook such behavior? Say, getting bad-mouthed before a performance review. Because (remember!! you’re a roger in the world of the Herd!) you let it go, because there will be a time when you are the one on the delivering end.

This is the most difficult aspect of the personal reality of the Herd Members for clarks to accept. The mutual agreement not to ‘do unto others’ when it’s not (yet) your turn.

Direct answer to Misky’s question: a roger seeks to become the center of the Herd, not the leader. Force/control is exerted by influence radiating out from one’s position in the Herd. There is no direct force.

Thanks! Misky