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T’usdae -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 28, 2026 By clarkscottroger 8 Comments

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

So, we were thinking (ikr?) how is it we wrote so much and frequently in the years past. And the short answer is: “Because, like any not-yet-mature-lifeform, anything can prompt/stimulate and otherwise offer an irresistible starting point for a Wakefield Doctrine post.

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(we getting there)

…and the long answer?

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;

Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

(Sonnet 18. William Shakespeare)

Pretty simple, isn’t it?.

Well, thanks for coming by… hey, people keeping asking, what’s the standard by which we measure and/or identify the three predominant worldviews!??!

The characteristic worldviews are (that of):

the Outsider, you wake up each day knowing that the world is ‘out there’ and you are ‘here’, you are creative and funny and have an insatiable appetite to learn things, anything, for the joy of discovery and in the (secret) hope of learning the secret of how to be ‘a part of’ to not be the Outsider. This is the clark personality

the Predator, you wake up each morning hungry…physically, spiritually, socially, sexually. A scott, (this is the personality type that naturally results from living in the worldview of the Predator), is always on the move, always alert, aggressive, fun to be with, mercurial, loud, un-shy and outlandish. It is said of the scottian individual, “I scream, therefore I am”

the Member of the Herd, as a roger you are confident in the rightness of the world and constantly worried about sufficiently understanding the proper way to live, you are a social genius, you are a very encouraging listener and an inveterate gossip. You believe that Reality and the Universe is quantifiable and governed by Rules, your understanding of these Rules invests you with Power and Responsibility to everyone you encounter, rogers are responsible for Civilization and the Spanish Inquisition, the stability of governance and the Salem Witch Trials

Speaking of a Summer’s day…

Three things to remember:

how a person relates (themselves) to the world at large results in what we call a ‘worldview’ (which amounts to a ‘personal reality’)

everyone has the potential for relating to the world in one of the three characteristic ways and while everyone does settle into one ‘predominant’ worldview, the other two ways (of relating) remain available throughout life

clarks are the Outsiders (clarks think), scotts are the Predators (scotts act) and rogers are the Herd Members (rogers feel)

There. The Basics of the Wakefield Doctrine! Everything you need to know when you are looking (at) yourself.

Next: the Characteristics of the three worldviews.

clarks: the Outsider, view the world as would any rather intelligent, fairly resourceful, not so aggressive explorer would. The goal for most clarks is to learn the information they surmise was made available to every child, (they may have been in the bathroom at the time of the ‘how to be like everyone else’ lesson), and therefore be in a position to continue their lives in as close to a satisfying and fulfilling manner as possible. In the meantime, clarks spend their time on the fringe, they will cultivate friendships with scotts and rogers to help pass the time and to get them into the better clubs. clarks are the truly creative of the three personality types which sounds cooler than it actually is, as most expressions of extreme creativity are, as a rule, met with scorn, disdain and disregard (not to mention, not paying very well). clarks take un-selfishness to a near psychotic level, valuing loyalty over any other ‘common emotional experience’, they will be the best, of the three personality types, to have around at times of emergency, they make excellent school teachers (female clarks: grade school, male clarks: late high school, college). The saying is ‘clarks live quietly and leave a well-preserved corpse’

scotts: the Predator, view the world as any well-armed, well-equipped conqueror would. The goal for most scotts is to live life to the fullest, everyday, up until someone forces them to stop. scotts are natural leaders, with the qualification that those who follow scotts do not have any carefully thought-out expectations as to where they will end up, when the scott becomes bored with the leadership-thing. scotts crave attention the way most aerobic lifeforms crave oxygen, so much so, that a scott will settle for any kind of attention, up to and including: derision, laughter, scorn, hate, love or passion….all the same to a scott. female scotts created the stiletto heel industry, single….er, handedly. scotts, both male and female, are attracted to rogers as their preferred form of nourishment. scotts do enjoy the company of clarks, as clarks are neither prey nor predator (at least, most of the time)…scotts are just out for a good time, a loud time, a passionate time. These are the people that they say, ‘live fast (with as many partners as possible) and leave a burnt out shell of a corpse’

rogers: the Herd Member, rogers view the world as does the Cleric standing behind the Conqueror salivating at the prospect of bringing salvation to an entire race of indigenous peoples. rogers are the reason that we have: civilization, healthcare, culture, jihad(s), jetliners that hardly ever crash, a banking system (that will on occasion, crash) law and justice, witch burnings and the commercialization of the arts. rogers provide stability to the human experience at the cost of innovations and creativity. After the scott has raped and pillaged and burned the new continent and moves on, the rogers will organize and provide relief to the survivors, provided they, (the survivors), are willing to accept the lord and god and the rules and the life that he/she (the roger) is so kind to bring to a people, so obviously in dire need. These people! These are the ones we say, ‘live moderately and imagine how many people will attend the funeral of the corpse that proves you lived‘.

Hey, congratulations!! You’ve made it this far. A bonus you have surely earned!

Ways to identify them clarks, scotts and rogers.

clarks: their dress is very, eclectic with a shading towards long coats and dark colors but! the male clarks will do something weird and outlandish with some feature of their dress, i.e. outlandish colored socks or ties , the female clarks, preferring the couture of the House of Androgyny… will favor the slightest touch of metal or ink, perhaps a contrasting color in the hair, a little purple or orange to bring out the highlights…oh! bad posture is a sure indicator of the clark personality type

scotts: the eyes! you will always spot the scott by their eyes. A scott will, (hardly ever), be observed not paying attention to their immediate environment. They are very animated in movement, the male scotts in near constant physical motion, the female scotts will have the males (rogers and clarks) in motion on their behalf. scotts are easy to spot

rogers: well dressed…like a Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner in House Beautiful, the rogerian female will have all the right accessories in all the fashionable shades, the males rogers will be spotted by their predilection, not yet fully understood, for hats! and facial hair and corporate logos, wherever tasteful, of course!

And, finally a little music!

lol

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 27, 2026 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

As an additional perspective on the world around us (and the people who make it up), the Wakefield Doctrine is both fun, useful and to some, quite productive.

Using this perspective, not only will you know more about the other person than they know about themselves, you’ll be in a position to see the world as they are experiencing it.

Here’s a fun insight: even though we, (the Curator of this here personality theory here), know your predominant worldview, (to a degree of certainty approaching, ‘no, really you’re totally a …’), this second point about how the other person is experiences the world makes it a lead-pipe cinch.

So what?

Think about it.

You’re still reading.

So let’s eschew the obvious statement and go to the more subtle inference.

If you’re a clark* you recognize this thing of ours. You’ve have one since…well, since the question will be posed by a Reader who is not a clark, early, early childhood. It’s not so much an ambition, (the belief you can understand the world and your place in it**), as fashioning a life raft from the flotsam and jetsam (totally sine spe recuperandi) in the clearly way-to-far-out-to-see-a-shoreline place you find yourself in (while a child).

This is why certain people who come here once and then return do not need Cliff Notes, instructions or a User’s Manual. It’s just like their own (sometimes better, more complete or… (we really hope) funnier.)

ok, lets skip to the chase: the one thing about this blog for one of the three predominant worldviews? it confirms the existence (and not to get melo on ya… the survival and success) of others like theyselves.

Secondary clarks? toolkit baby, a set of Ersa nails, the secret code to the locker room, the formula for momentary invisibility and a social-psychological turbo (good for short bursts) suitable for chasing adept prey and lazy but advanced predators.

*ja ja, yeah, right… if you’re posing a doubt or counter-argument that’s just your secondary rogerian aspect.

** beyond your not being like everyone else, the ‘real’ people in your life

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Mid-week/Pre-Six -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 22, 2026 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

think of this post as part: Doctrine Fermi Paradox (and part): a tree (or twenty trees) can fall in the forest, the villagers will sleep like baby muskrats…Post

New Readers: a little Insider In~~sigh~~ -formation. When we started writing this blog we had a certain degree of finger-paint mentality. We knew that what we wrote was good. But, well, finger-painting.

So thirty-six hundred posts later… here we are doing the first thing we learned about writing a less-than ehh-not-what-we-meant post, i.e. writing another post.

To resist the clarklike drive to explain stuff, lets review what the most recent exchange of posts/Comments/Reply(s) has offered:

the pertinent idea/avenue of insight in the original Comment/Reply exchange: as organized and logical this personality theory might appear, at first blush, understanding and making use of the Wakefield Doctrine is as much art as science
despite this, while there is something of the ‘vamp until ready’* in many of our posts (intended to instigate discussions of the appreciation, use and meaning of the principles of the Doctrine), there is order/stability/structure to the actual theory (of clarks, scotts and rogers)
fortunately for us, there is an innate integrity to this ‘additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up’ that allows every insight/interaction/inference inspired by employing the perspective to be useable and useful
students and masters alike enjoy a benefit uniquely tailored to their level of appreciation and (individual) predominant worldview

So, our thanks to Mimi and Denise and Misky. These conversations (ha ha, pick your own level of ‘I beg your pardon! I thought this was all quite polite and proper a blog post, I’ve never…!’ use of the word.

So for any New Readers (still reading): there are three characteristic relationships with the world around us; we each adopt one at an early age; this forms the context for our personal and social development (i.e. personality type). They, (all three), are complimentary but not interchangeable or otherwise swapped out at will. (That’s called mental illness). These three are called:

clarks (the Outsider) not an introvert, that’d be intellectual laziness. a clark is the eternal Outsider and their defining characteristic is a need to learn (often mis-understood as ‘understanding’) about the world around them. good-hearted to a fault, un-naturally afraid of scrutiny and, of the three, the only truly creative personalty (as in bringing into existence that which did not exist before)
scotts (the Predator) manifests the drive to survive and continue. the scott is the life (of the party, the effort, the push forward)… natural leaders (scotts are often wrong, but never uncertain). the Future is forced to concede to the Present because of scotts. they are creative by virtue of the force of their personality: “Hey! This is new. You like it/are impressed by it…right!!!?
rogers (the Herd Member) that there is a culture that endures, a civilization that advances the human race and provides indoor plumbing is courtesy of the Members of the Herd. They maintain continuity because, for the Herd Member, the world/the universe is a quantifiable place. The creativity of their reality is a talent for novel re-assembly of elements that exist in the everyday world, which, unsurprisingly results in their popularity in the arts.

* like this, sorta

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pre-Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger 4 Comments

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

So you have more ‘friends’ who are rogers than friends who are scotts and, not possible to accurately account for them…than clarks

Why would this be?

To start, statisticually, in any given population the ratios of the three predominant worldviews are: 69% roger 21% scott and 17% clark

(We good so far?)

For our purposes today we identify ‘friends’ as those people you might think of when, outside of the workplace, classroom, schoolyard or the interior of your parent’s car, you would trust with a personal secret and/or potentially embarrassing aspect of your private life.

According to industrial science experts, you’re more likely to have two other people in your car than four (other people).

So who are your friends?

From the perspective of the Doctrine it breaks down like this:

clarks: 1.5 rogers and 1 scott
scotts: at least 18 rogers and 1, maybe, 2 clarks
rogers: rogers don’t have friends, they have a Herd.* Not that there is anything wrong with that… the sense of belonging, relationship and fealty to others in (a) Herd is considered the equivalent (by rogers)

So get out there today and count the clarks, scotts and rogers who persist in hanging out with you.

Hey! We promised, at the beginning of this blog in 2009, that if you study and learn the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine you would be in a position to know more about the other person than they know about themselves.

…you’re welcome

*while rogers don’t have friends, they are friends of others (pretty much limited to clarks)

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TToT the Wakefield Doctrine-

April 11, 2026 By clarkscottroger 10 Comments

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

This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.

Created by Lizzi R in 1941 even as the summer thunderstorms spawned lethal clouds of German bombers raining destruction on London. Yet her sense of ‘there really should be something like this bloghop in the world if for no other reason than to allow people to bind in common celebration’, resulted in the creation of the TToT. Even if it took another eighty years or so.

And so, we have a Gratitude bloghop, the TToT. Easy to participate, beneficial to share and fun to write. (The secret of this ‘hop is, despite seeming to be quite demanding in form and content (Ten!! things of thankful. In a list, thank you very much)? The hosts (and hostinae) are quite gifted in both the creativity of content and presentation department(s).

So, you’re invited to drag the ole keyboard out from under the dust and post-its and share the people, places, things and events that inspired you to say, “Well, that’s a good thing to have happened’. (any scotts out there? the passive pluperfect subjunctive voice is optional)

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) the Wakefield Doctrine (hat) on the road. Friend of the Doctrine Alex, with his Doctrine hat, claiming the Grand Canyon by Rite of Hat*

5) it didn’t snow this past week (though it fricken’ could’ve, as temperatures were in the 20°s overnight midweek lol)

6) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

7) “oh! the humanity!!” the album we pulled a music vid from, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We’ll to out on a limb and say, ‘Among Readers today there is a significant percentage who still know the lyrics’. (no, we won’t do the math). damn! Even worse! we remember the order of the songs.

8) something, something

9) old project complete, new project beginning here’s a Before photo (with any luck we’ll have an After photo next weekend)

Before