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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 10, 2026 By clarkscottroger 1 Comment

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

In a Comment on yesterday’s post, Frank, he say:

Thinking about “they feel and wonder if it’s real” made me think you would have to be a roger to know if a feeling were real or not.

To which we Reply’d

I was going to Reply:<em>They think… they act… they feel and wonder if it’s real</em>. In doing so bring home the fact that, even a clark is heir to all three characteristic personal realities despite being of only one world (as if seeing the others through a lens, clarkly*)

But on the surface, your Comment is certainly a helpful reminder of how, despite the fun metaphor and fantasy of this perspective, the essence of the concept of predominant worldviews (‘personality types’) is rather abstract. wait! lets continue this tomorrow…after all it’ll be Tuesday and Tuesdays are the mildest of day!

so what is it about Frank’s reference to how only rogers know the reality of feelings prompts a whole reply post?

At first blush, we concur. He is correct in the sense that, while clarks think and scotts act…rogers feel.

But when you get down to the simple thought, ‘what is that reality of the Herd Member actually like to experience?’ things get considerably more interesting.

Is the Herd Member’s world/reality a: Lifetime Movie of the Week 24/7? Or, maybe, more like kabuki theatre except with westernized settings and girls (off-stage references only!). On the other hands, perhaps it’s a Meister Eckart Afternoon Special… (today! ‘The All Spark (Scintilla Animae) Fact or Made-up stuff?”). all with Tea and Sympathy for a sound track or what…

Two things we need to say: a) the reality of the Herd Member is, first and foremost, non-rational. No, not insane or other DSM sanctioned disorder. Non-rational. It is a reality of emotion; and 2) in order to fully benefit from the Wakefield Doctrine one must be prepared to deal with imaginary concepts …at metaphorical arm’s length i.e. can you know what your dog (or cat or second cousin on your mother’s side) experiences? No. Can you imagine it? You better be able to. (Note: the examples of each of the three predominant worldviews we employ in this discussion is, of necessity, devoid of significant secondary or tertiary worldviews.)

By definition, you the Reader, are possessed of a significant secondary or tertiary aspect. For the scotts and rogers that means a secondary clarklike aspect. For the clark to get something from our little exercise this week it means a secondary scottian or rogerian aspect. Otherwise, you’d have stopped after reading: ‘At first blush…’ (note as a clark you’d smile at the archaically fun idiom, read the rest of the sentence and know that you can fill in the blanks on the rest of this personality theory later when you have more time.)

out of time

comments are invited

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2sdey -the Wakefield Doctrine-

November 3, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

Where were we?

oh yeah, yesterday’s post ended:

…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 7 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 24, 2026 By clarkscottroger 15 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful. (TToT) bloghop. Each week, Readers, writers and bloggers visit and contribute to this exercise in the cultivation of the state of gratitude.

Following is a list of Ten people, places and things that have inspired, sparked and/or hit-me-in-the-face-with-a-dead carp creating a moment of gratitude. Not bad, given our starting point/baseline vis-à-vis seeing the world in a healthy, productive way.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) Hey! New Hostinae has joined this band of mutants! Reelika Pedak. No! It’s true! Voluntarily and everthang. All kidding aside, we’re very grate…. what?!?! cha…ching! See Grat #7

5) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

6) Photo at the top of the post: been a quick Autumn… most leaves down. There is surely an old Swamp Yankee muttering about how this Winter will be snowy…way more’n last year.

7) The thing of it is, given how much time we’ve spent in the Grat Space. It’d be a surprise if we hadn’t learned a trick or two in creating lists (of Grats) and such. So, yeah seeing the company of talented writers and bloggers grow here at the bloghop that Lizzi created is so a grat!

8) something, something

9) oh yeah! forgot to chronicle the end of the summer landscaping at Phyllis’ cottage. (Before photos? Never remember those). But here’s your After photation:

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “…of Antipathy and Affinity inherent in the three predominant worldviews” Part 1

October 21, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

So you think you’ve gotten yourself learned (you know, ‘learn ed’) sufficiently as to the characteristics of the three predominant worldviews of our little ‘personality theory’. Let’s not start writing recruiting pitches, expositions, graphic novels or sermons quite yet.

If you’re comfortable imagining the world through the eyes of the three, you’ve also encountered a nagging sense of confluence (in the world as each experience it).

It should not come as a surprise (nor an opportunity… roger). After all, we’re not talking science fiction here. With the Everything Rule as a backdrop (or for that matter a drop cloth) consider the proposition:

Of the qualities of each of the three, which is most antithetical (producing feelings of extreme, existential antipathy) in which of the others?

ok! let’s throw the threasus on the floor, and here is the worst thing ever for each:

a clark? scrutiny (from the rogerian personal reality, this is love transformed in torture)
to a scott? a world in which nothing is consistently reliable (from the nothing is really, totally real/everything-is-possible existence of clarks)
for a roger being alone and un-connected in the company of others (from the lone wolf world of scotts and, for good measure, the life of the Outsider)