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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 14, 2025 By clarkscottroger 3 Comments

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

About to shift into the fiction portion of the week’s blogposts.

ha ha

Serially, the Wakefield Doctrine posts from Monday through Wednesday is no more fiction, when compared to the posts written for the TToT or the Six Sentence Story or, even, our participation in jenne and ceayr’s Unicorn Challenge than John Cage is often mistaken for Stephen King.

(We repeat: ha ha. You want rhetorica veritas, well, do ya punk? We’ve committed to that music-fiction writing analogic-reference without first checking utube to see if it ‘works’. Too bad. Too sad. We’ll just post a music vid below without checking first.)

That’s how confident….

Wait.

It’s a given around here that ‘an easy Doctrine post’ to write, (one that all Friends of the Doctrine and most New Readers) will enjoy is: the opposite of one predominant worldview to another theme.

Hell, as the founderess of the TToT ‘hop demonstrated so many years ago, if’n you’re a clark (or have a significant secondary clarklike aspect) not only do you ‘get the whole theory of clarks, scotts and rogers‘ you will begin to extrapolate the principles and identify characteristic …..err characteristics of each of personality types that have not yet been listed in this blog.

… but, a little trickier post is the one where we search for the ironic strengths of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine. They kinda interrelate themselves to each other… ‘what a surprise! lol

This is all prompted by our saying we were making a joke that involved knowledge that we’re pretty sure is correct, i.e. the music of John Cage and writing of Stephen King.

The fundamental self-confidence, based on what they admire in one of ‘the other two’:

clarks (the Outsider) knowledge and it’s manipulation that results in appearing intelligent
scotts (the Predator) confidence and certainty that provide a persuasive effect regardless of the validity or sensibility of their central thesis
rogers (the Herd Members) universality of the presumptions they make and the degree to which others will subvert their own beliefs

ok…back to writing our Six for the week

Mr. Cage, if you will?

Damn! Remind us next week to discuss ‘the Slacker Effect’*

* the Richard Linklater movie that will totally identify any rogers in the viewing audience.

New Readers? They not only don’t like the movie, they get angry! Really!

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Too-sdae -the Wakefield Doctrine- “for extra credit…the following question from a Reader”

May 13, 2025 By clarkscottroger 6 Comments

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

Damn, must be getting forgetful in our old age! Overlooked a very good question in yesterday’s post (originally courtesy Misky)

So now I’m wondering if The Doctrine addresses clothing preferences.

It does.

But! A quick, short answer provided little of practical value. Sorta like asking, does this saw cut wood? Can I pound nails with that hammer. ‘Yes’ works. But if we change up the phrasing and make the object of the (first) question the subject and make the ‘clothing preferences’ our interrogative noun, we afford ourselfs of a far more useful question.

Without the aid of the slanting lines, but the ambition of a visual image of transforming (our correspondent’s) original into one that offers a wider, more comprehensive perspective:

~~So now~~ (I’m wondering if) How The Doctrine addresses clothing preferences among the three predominant worldviews -> clothing preferences -> as common (to all) how do they manifest in clarks, scotts and rogers?

Miz Cai? Would you do the class a favor and come up to the blackboard and diagram this new sentence? If you please.

(Crib sheet entry: how does this request, one that many if not most Readers have experienced in one form or another, manifest to a clark or scott or roger?)

Out of time, as common on Tuesdays. The thing about preferences of fashion (or any other personal affectation) is the simplest approach is to ask ‘How does (this) manifest in the reality of the Outsider, world of a Predator or life of a Herd Member?

The simplest answer: Well, what is consistent with the world around them (and the people who make it up)?

quick RePrint (blog version of smudging the pencil marks of a questionable answer on an arithmetic quiz)

Besides we like to think this Doctrine thing is a lot of fun. We might be talking about someone in the news and one of us will turn to the other and say, “Obama….what a roger!” or we might say to each other, “You know those Progressive Insurance commercials on TV? That Flo person, how much of a clark is she, huh?” So this is not just a website you go to and take a test and find out that your personality type is INTP/otter-with-malamute tendencies, hell no! We have fun because we see clarks and scotts and rogers out there in the world and they act just like the Wakefield Doctrine tells us they should act! And it’s getting like we don’t have to make any of this shit up anymore…the clarks and the scotts and the rogers prove that the theory is totally true. Try it your ownselfs!

Today I have copied a page out of the Table of Contents to show that the personality business is not all dry boring, reading stuff! Clearly we like to borrow stuff, here at the Doctrine. So it should not surprise anyone how we went an sort a used Jeff Foxworthy’s “you might be a redneck…” thing. But hey if it makes you laugh, then you will be learning the whole thing about which are clarks and which are scotts and which are rogers.

You immediately stop surfing the channels when you come upon a show that uses only black and white documentary photos and film…you might be a roger

You totally love Christmas lawn decorations and cannot imagine having too many lights… you might be a scott

You find a flier stuck under the windshield wiper of your car and you take the time to read it… you might be a clark.

You are asked a question and you start to answer with “in the beginning…” you might be a clark.

You are addressed by the wrong name and you answer to it without correction… you might be a clark.

You are building model cars/ships/planes, you always put the extra parts back in the box along with the re-folded instructions for future safekeeping…you might be a roger.

You think that Slacker was the greatest movie made in the 90s…you might be a clark

You think that Borat was one of the funniest movies of the year…you might be a scott

You think that the 107 episode, Directors cut, 15 DVD un-abashed edition of the compilation (with Writers notes (including what he had for breakfast) and voice-over reading of the credits by someone who knew someone who was a re-enactor who actually got hurt at an event) of all Ken Burns films, PBS episodes and commercials that last longer than most readings of the Iliad is the greatest film of all time…you might be a roger

You have any inclination to wear hats for a fashion statement (for male rogers only) or a ‘fanny pack’ (either male or female rogers), or any clothing designed specifically for riding a bicycle (branded or un-branded)…you might be a roger.

You happen to be at a golf tournament and feel that it is expected of the members of the gallery to yell anything (including but not limited to “get in the hole”)…you might be a scott.

You are contemplating a project of any sort; a new deck or a term paper, writing a resume or planting a garden and you:

…you look forward to making the list of things you need to buy/gather/acquire first more than anything else…you might be a clark

…you must know what your friends on the ’do it yourself’ shows have done, that is what you want…you might be a roger

…CONTEMPLATE? PLAN? I JUST FINISHED IT! FUCK YOU!! IT’S DONE NO THIS IS FINE THE WAY IT IS… you might be a scott

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 10, 2025 By clarkscottroger 14 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. Foundered in 1892 in the anteroom off the lobby of the St Pancras hotel, (the exterior of which serving as the top photo of this week’s post). The St Pancras would, in our fiction, e.g. ‘The Order of Lilith’ (The Whitechapel Interlude a Six Sentence Series) op. cit. Grat Four; become as ubiquitous as the Stanley Hotel in modern-day Colorado. (Point of fact: our roadtrip earlier this century as Grat numero sixeo.)

Following is our list of those people, places and things that have contributed to this here list here.

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine

4) A Six from Ago:

Anselm, if you’ve messed this up you might as well keep walking, the Reverend Mother is not fond of failure,’ I no longer saw the man I was assigned to follow, even as the stone-and-iron dragon that was the new St. Pancras Hotel reared its gothic head two blocks away; fear sparked panic, my body paid the price, and twisting my neck like a giraffe afflicted with Tourettes, I frantically scanned the early-evening crowd filling the sidewalks.

I got no more than a half block back towards St Paul’s cathedral when I saw Brother Abbot, he appeared to be holding a woman in an embrace more restraint than support; fortunately, even the sight of what could only be my mentor’s doppelgänge had a calming effect and I turned in time to see my quarry ascend the stairs to hotel’s entrance; the lobby was so full of light that, as the doors were held open, I could clearly see his face; handsome, intelligent and barely able to contain an ambition that made his eyes outshine the brightest lights in the grand lobby.

As I approached, a memory, from my first days in the Order, of a large room containing five chairs in a circle, six young men and women and Brother Abbot holding a lute; he spoke without preamble from the furthest corner, “In our Order we hold, ‘To each according to their talent, for all the responsibility to grow and develop,’ whereupon he began to play, ‘Ring Around the Rosie’ and said, in a loud whisper, “When the music stops, claim your place.”

Moving around the perimeter of empty chairs, I saw the personal rhythms of the others take control of their bodies and somehow knew when Brother Abbot would stop playing and when that happened, everyone sat, except for one young man, there being one less chair than bodies; we all stared the boy, as his shoulders slumped, imparting both motion and direction towards the door.

“Ring around a….” the notes brought my attention back to the room where, somehow, there were now only four chairs and, once again we began our dreadful orbit; without conscious thought, I knew the girl behind me would be the next left standing; the music stopped exactly when I knew it would and, even as my body sought the security of a chair, I rose with a nod towards her, and she smiled, not so much at me as something within, and remained standing before the single remaining empty chair.

“Thank you,” Brother Abbot’s voice conveyed the confident pleasure of a person experiencing a belief confirmed, and, looking at the two of us, said, “Welcome to the Order of Lilith.”

5) the Unicorn Challenge bloghop

6) Roadtrip to claim the Stanley Hotel (exterior shot for one movie version of ‘The Shining’)

7) the Six Sentence Story bloghop

8) rain? yeah, it rained this week (technically, a Hypo-Grat seeing how the drainage project was successful (What’s a Hypograt? Best ask Mimi. She our resident expert.)

9) something, something

10) Secret Rule 1.3

music vids

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Impromtu Wednesdu -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 7, 2025 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

(hold on, gotta this thing down ‘on paper’ before we lose the thread. ...it takes creativity to recognize a manifestation of creativity. there! …sorta)

Let’s see how we did.

A Comment on our contribution to jenne and ceayr‘s bloghop, the Unicorn Challenge from last week is the set up for today’s post. It blew-up in our head when reading a comment from Violet on our contribution to last Friday’s prompt. Actually, now that we reflect on the sequence, it was our Reply to V’s comment that ignited this, “ooh!! ooh!!…” response.*

Violet wrote:

Is this what they call lascivious dreaming? Because if that’s not the case, I am going with you drugged my drink.

We replied:

…What a nice thing to say!**

*You intuitively know that not only do different people hear the same thing differently, but the reality of the thing (said) is not ever exactly the same
** and an implied compliment to everyone’s favorite personality theory… of the three types, not only is one the source of genuine creativity…. wait a minute! you just provided an err won’t use the more giant word ‘inspiration’ (we’re just the curator and All)… lets say, topic!
cool

New Readers: A couple of things you might want to jot down. (Not doing a full ‘old lecturer warning of exam questions’ schtick) but… that first asteroid refers to the fundamental belief required in order to enjoy the Wakefield Doctrine, to wit, ‘reality is, to a small but discernible degree, personal.’ ok? the second ** follows and is the insight inspired by our correspondence.

With the ‘Everything Rule’ firmly in mind, we will state that the quality/characteristic/ability…and, what-the-hell, capability to manifest creativity is different for each of the three predominant worldviews of the Wakefield Doctrine:

the Outsider (clarks) exhibit genuine creativity. we mean that what clarks do is to bring into the world/existence that which had not existed prior
the Predator (scotts) make us believe we are seeing something that we’re amazed by and are (pretty sure) is incredible but that’s because we don’t yet know to look behind the curtain
the Herd Member (rogers) are remarkable in their ability to re-assemble known and everyday parts of the world in pleasing (and sometimes, quite satisfying) forms.

Well… that is mostly what we had in our head when the idea began to coalesce.

One take away: clarks always understand. they may be as wrong as the thing they understand, but they always understand.

*think you old? reference is from ‘Welcome back Cotter” yeah, that old.

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Also-day -the Wakefield Doctrine-

May 6, 2025 By clarkscottroger 5 Comments

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

Simple RePrint.

Will use our (traditional) favorite Hendrix vid, given how it’s all raining and such.

A brief contemporaneous aside, before we get to the blockquote section. We find it somehow reassuring when we read very early posts that include insights into the Doctrine that have since become significant in (our own practice of) applying the perspective afforded us.

The role of secondary and tertiary aspects are especially useful, not simply to account for what seem anomalous behavior given a persons’s predominant worldview. Interesting observation in the intervening years (today’s 2013 post and modern times): the presence of a significant secondary clarklike aspect is almost a necessity when encountering (predominant worldview) scotts and rogers.

interesting.

on with the RP

‘…of Hendrix, good questions and intriguing dreams’ the Wakefield Doctrine

May 15, 2013

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

Question from Considerer question:

“Yeah I’d like to know my secondary aspect, after all, knowledge is power…”

When you first practice inferring another person’s predominant worldview, you watch a person and look through the ‘lens’ of the three worldviews. (Often, it is helpful to pick which of the three is pretty damned unlikely and then focus and then begin to compare the remaining two)…watching for the sense of consistency between the observed behavior and what you know about the characteristic behavior of the worldview being held up for comparison. Keep doing this until you feel comfortable with your choice. Want to hear 2 encouraging facts? a) you can’t get it wrong¹ and 2) you can’t break it².

From Denise is this Questionment:

“It’s been said around the Doctrine that it’s like learning a second language. The goal being to eventually think in “Doctrine” … woke up today remembering a snippet of dream.”

Good! The goal is to have the perspective of the Doctrine practiced so that it is not work to apply in the course of your day. A note here to Readers who may be expecting more from this personality theory than we intend. Of late, I have been in conversation with Friend of the Doctrine, Molly, on this very question, i.e. does the Doctrine require total commitment in order to have any value to the individual? ( I may not totally appreciate Molly’s position on this topic, but that in and of itself is the reason for allowing that more is better than less, when it comes to the ways that we view the world around us⁵⁾. I do say that, as a tool for self-development and self-improvement, the Wakefield Doctrine will prove to be without peer. However, it is still simply a perspective. A way to view the world and the people in it.
Just as becoming fluent in a second (or third or fourth) language, should not interfere with your native language, acquiring an understanding of the Wakefield Doctrine need not cause any conflict with whatever belief system you may choose to employ in your day-to-day, ‘my god! I really thought I knew them better than that! How could they say a thing like that?’…activities. (lol)

So, as with so much in life, the greater the range of your experience in day-to-day living, the better are the chances at getting this thing right!⁶

Readers familiar with the Doctrine, seeing two partially italicized block-quotes, have stopped reading and gotten up to get a re-fill on their coffee, tea or whatever tasty beverage they may be sipping. The common reaction, among Readers familiar with these pages is, ‘oh goody/hot shit! one of those Posts!
If you are a new Reader, let me simply say… the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective, a tool, a personality theory that, if you are willing to allow yourself to see the world as being comprised of people who are living in one of three characteristic worldviews, will give you an insight into the behavior of the people in your life. With the Wakefield Doctrine you can know more about the other person than they know about themselves… while they may know the ‘what’ of their behavior, you will know the ‘why’. Warning to new Readers, if you are successful in learning the simple suppositions, then you will begin to see the clarks that are in your life (there is a passing good chance that you yourself are one) and the scotts (we know they are there...) and the rogers (if they’re not on bicycles or in their workshops, they can often be difficult to distinguish from scotts). And….and! if you succeed in being able to see them, there is a really good chance that you will not be able to stop seeing them. Hey, what can I say?

Today’s Post is, in fact, one of those Posts.

To answer the question⁷ asked by Considerer: well, the best approach is to establish the person’s predominant worldview and then look for anomalies. Cyndi is a clark (like you didn’t know that in the first encounter…) but there she is, not only doing video Posts (a totally not clarklike activity), she is doing them effectively, more to the point she is enjoying doing them…thriving in that context. So, which of the 3 personality types are the natural performer, the front man? …exactly!
Today’s 2 videos are from Jimi Hendrix. Now, he might be confusing because his secondary aspect is so very strong. Man! he’s got to be a scott!! right? well, most of us would go with that pick… (see footnote 2) until you see an interview of him. Then you totally know that he was a clark. So, the rogerian Reader is quick to ask, “how do you know he’s not a scott with a secondary clarklike aspect, huh? how do you know that?” Great question. The answer to this is the same as the basic description of the Wakefield Doctrine, ‘how does the person appear to relate themselves to the world around them?’