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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine- “Well, since you’ve brought it up, how could you really be sure anyway?”

April 1, 2025 By clarkscottroger 8 Comments

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

In yesterday’s post we looked at the difference between clarks and rogers when it comes to what is often referred to as ‘Having a sense of direction.’

There is probably a productive line of inquiry in considering how the same quality/capability is manifested, which is the preferred term when dealing with examples of ‘the Everything Rule’. While this theme will be …deferred, for today, suffice to say, that path leads to the weirder side of the Doctrine.

… ok, but just a little, if for no other reason than we don’t want to get stranded out in the middle of a self-induced challenge to find and use a certain form of word (not sure if it’s a verb… no, it’s a verb) what can be inferred by this particular example of our ‘Internal Consistency Saving Rule’?

Not sure. As by now, we’re sure the Reader has concurred, the creativity has a definite relationship with the ability to visualize.

…

(change of RePrint) here, try this one, instead:

the Wakefield Doctrine the ego of the Introvert (aka ‘everyone does everything at one time or another’)

April 29, 2014

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

Hey! New Readers!! Now that you’ve had time to read and understand the basic principles of the Wakefield Doctrine, lets start you off with a common comparison problem:

“…nearly every popular personality type system has a category labeled: ‘Introvert’ Here is the brief Quiz (which, if you don’t pass, may result in your not ever feeling successful …with any aspect of your life*). The Quiz: a) why is it everyone likes to believe that they are an ‘Introvert’ and 2) why is the Wakefield Doctrine vastly superior to nearly every one of these other personality theories, on the matter of ‘Introversion’? …Times up!! (ha, ha… of course, time’s not up clark!! you will never believe that it is possible that you have only one chance!)

Answers:

a) nope! you have to answer this one, you’re the frickin people who run around, telling your friends that you’re an ‘Introvert’ on the basis of the results of the cool, new personality test that you found on ‘the Facebook’

2) ok… this one we’ll provide, (seeing how you didn’t read down this far, to see if this Quiz was for real or not). the Wakefield Doctrine is wonderful in it’s approach to ‘Introversion’, because it does not ask the person taking the test if they believe the description (of ‘Introversion’) applies to them. As a result, there is no problem with whether, when confronted with the questions: ‘I am sometimes reluctant to speak before a plenary session of the UN Security Council” or ‘when making love I occasionally like to be in separate beds‘ or ‘my friends often are unable to pick me out of the police lineup‘, we can answer: ‘Never’ ‘Sometimes’ or ‘Are you kidding me?!?!’ The Wakefield Doctrine maintains that the behavior labeled ‘Introversion’ is available to and manifested by all three personality types, that it is how the individual ‘relates themselves to the world around them’, that makes a person Introverted. Now, the first time Reader of the Doctrine might say, “those clarkpeople!! they’re Introverts because they mumble and have no eye contact and can’t seem to sit up straight in a chair and when you’re trying to put a move on one of them, even when you know that they’re totally into you, somehow you find yourself having a heartfelt conversation about the Peloponnesian War or the Secrets of the Rosicrucians!” clarks exhibit many of the characteristics of an introvert, but they will not remain un-noticed a second longer, once they decide that they have something to contribute. The first time Reader might say, “how can those scotts be introverted?? no damn way, they’re totally out in the front of the room.” True, (most of the time), but scotts have a way of withdrawing that is indicated by the tone of their shouting/joking/hitting-upon-ing. This is simple misdirection, much as a mother lion might leave the cubs under a bush, run at the much larger predator stalking them and then head off in entirely a different direction, drawing attention away from the bush. An injured or overly tired scott will exhibit this as a form of Introversion. and rogers? when they are feeling off or are suffering, they will simply find something in you to cause you discomfort, which will serve to take the attention off themselves… hiding in ~~pain-sight~~ plain sight,

Study up binyons, new Readers! There will be more quizzes and tests and exams and such.

Experienced Readers? yeah, we ran out of time yesterday…and we’re kinda up against it again today! But, seeing how you guys are so damn adept, here’s a couple of insights:

do not be concerned with the questions: is this worthwhile, will anyone notice that I have done this, does this make up for… (anything)

do be (very) concerned with the questions: is this something that I can feel satisfied with, does this satisfaction start and end with me, do I care if anyone notices

* ha ha just kidding, you’ll be successful with some aspect of your life…. you know, if you’re a roger, you’ll always be successful (as far as what you’ll tell anyone in earshot.. of course, at night, when you can’t smother your mind in reading, coerced love-making and/or compulsive stamp-collecting, you might wish you had studied harder, but then you’ll recall how poorly the blog appeared to be written and relax with a session of grading the quality of wool of sheep jumping a fence. scotts? satisfied with their lives? ha! ain’t no time to go looking for some kind of standard to measure up to!! gotta keep moving!)

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 17, 2025 By clarkscottroger 2 Comments

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

The simplest, and among those who have come to this website more than two and a half times, question we hear is this:

What good is it?

There are, in the way of this particular theory of personality, three answers:

It offers a fragment of a map
It’s kinda fun and, hey… anything that provides an edge is good
It might, in certain circumstance, once properly vetted and refined, offer more richness to an already perfect world

There! Ha! Our topic!

New Readers: What follows is an example of: Experience versus Youth. Unbridled Enthusiasm versus Thoughtful Reflection. If you’re new, we recommend the 2010-2013 vintage posts.

Anyway. Lost the thread…. oh yeah, this (from this weekend’s call-in)

clarks are crazy * scotts are stupid * rogers are dumb

the worst other personality type for:

a clark is to be a roger
for a scott is to be a clark
for a roger is to be a scott

Why?

Do your reading.

Given how their joining in on the call-in this weekend spares us the need to find and post a RePrint, a Doctrine shout-out:

Cynthia for all website and internetistic needs and requirements head over to her site: Artfunky
Denise for reading and finding a path to the true value of the blogosphere, i.e. bloghops and flash fiction and such: GirlieontheEdge
roger for words and posts that are composed of pleasingly well-rounded words: The Secessionist Rag

So go to these sites and be sure to tell ’em the Doctrine sent ya,

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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

March 5, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

Sure, the Wakefield Doctrine is an additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. At it’s very most casual, a lens to don when in people-watching mode.

It is also a way-efficacious tool for self-improving ourselfs.

But what about, as you* look upon the borrowed image at the top of the post, and typety-say,

“Well, I try every day to remember how we, each of us, grow and mature in a context of three characteristic relationships with the world around us. I totally get how the reality of my world is but one of three. And, how, in order to survive and thrive as a very youngster, I learned and practiced certain styles of social strategies. Sure, I do believe I have the perfect personality type for living in a world as I experience it. I even remember not to forget that although my reality is one of a possible three, I am endowed with the geophysical right** to look at the world as do the other two predominant worldviews and therefore am halfway to relating to the world in a new (to me) manner and be all kinds of the person I hope to be. But then, as soon as I get out there***, into the world, I forget! And totally act in the ways that makes me read the back pages of magazine and their ‘Personality Quiz the will change your Life in Twenty-three minutes (if, that is, I’m an old person) or… click on the ‘Scientists Uncover the Secret to Unlocking your Potential in twenty-three steps…CLICK HERE. What the hell good is this Doctrine? ”

Plenty o’good.

As you read these pages and, even better the Comments, you will see others of your kind¹. Identify with them. Don’t worry about any other detail. The Wakefield Doctrine is, as you should know by now: Gender, Age, Culture, whatever-other-conditions of day-to-day life Neutral.

* clarks, ’cause… well, you know why

*** aren’t words and language fun? we can see you smile, even if you don’t. and that…that is your strength. You know about knowing. The one area of your existence that is immune to self-doubt is the ‘knowing stuff’ thing. So, while knowing stuff does not automatically confer changing things (about yerself)… it’s like puttin’ on the slacks and perfect shirt to the killer suit you’ve been determined, since you can remember, to find and wear in the everyday world.

*** we believe we’ve already indicated who the most likely of the three ‘personality types’ of this here Doctrine here is likely to still be reading along.

1) ok, ok, we’ve been kinda preaching to the elect/the choir, but for New Readers here today, dig this: the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine are:

clarks (the Outsider) quiet, curious and prefer to stay out of the limelight… ha ha! fooled ya! you are forgiven for thinking ‘Oh, I know this one! Introverts.’ sorry, wrong. this close but not quite. clarks live in their heads, so excessive vocals are limited. they are searching, always searching for the one thing they believe everyone else has (ProTip: ‘…what everyone else knows‘ and therefore are always on the lookout) and, finally… that thing about ‘being an Outsider? can’t be sure why that should be, so avoidance of scrutiny is a Prime Directive
scotts (the Predator) not-quiet, curious in a prey-drive sorta way and limelight?? yum! (lol) fun people, never not alert to their surroundings, (the eyes of a scott are remarkable… study your Doctrine posts and, before you know it, you’ll be able to spot a scott by photo alone. serially! look at the photo in the upper right of the Doctrine homepage. those three well-dressed lifeforms? one’s a scott. (ProTip: fun people…we said that, right? err… no sudden moves, and no running away, once engaged. aiight?)
rogers (Herd Members) not boisterous but certainly not quiet, unless they’re confiding in you (ProTip: what they will be conveying is more than likely about someone else) not the center of the the limelight as much as the focal point of whoever has gathered but seem to lack a sense of purpose… they are the social ones (as in ‘social contract’) (shh… we’ve said too much already!)

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine- ‘Wakefield Doctrine answers the question: “If a tree falls…”

February 17, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

Finally!

And….and! we saw it too!

For next week’s TToT we’re setting aside our response to the sound of a tree trunk crashing (they, at leaset, pine trees, which make up the majority of tree in our forest, fall with a two-stage thing: a crack (single or with accent then note… thusly ^ or ^…^ *) then crash.

Anyway, heard the sound and said, without hesitation, “We heard that!”

yeah, lets do a RePrint and…

What? Yeah, you’re right. When it comes to the concept of ‘Before and After’ photos and such, it’s pretty much in the Herd Member’s wheelhouse to do that well and effectively.

New Readers? Here we have a perfect illustration of ‘the Everything Rule’**. While rogers, of the three predominant worldviews, manifest the providing ‘before and after’ photos, illustrations and other forms of record and evidence. It categorically does not mean that clarks and scotts cannot engage in this type of story-telling*** Basically it’s this: there is a common reality. We all share in it. Within this shared reality we have our personal realities. When we talk about personal realities and the perception of them by others, the word ‘manifest’ is employed.

To our example: this weekend we had snow and rain and ice. A lot of it. At one point we had to go out, (into the cold and rain and flooded driveway), to chip ice that was, due to a temporary fluke of topography, cause runoff to head towards one of our abutting neighbors. He’s a scott. He was out there already chopping ineffectively at the ice with his plastic snow shovel. (yeah, a bunch of those jagged lines in cartoons and comics coming out of his head…. and a few $^*@* lol

We arrived with our eight foot pry iron pry bar:

Eight foot pry bar motto: “Yeah, fun tool, right? Check back in twenty years, aight? …Than are dreamt of in your philosophy” (Hamlet, 1.5. 165–66) yo”

In any event, this was the right tool for the job. So our scottian neighbor found happiness as beta in our little pack of two. Cool. At the end of the process, the thought occurred that before and after photos would make a cool, ‘the Doctrine battles Winter post’. But the thing of it was, we didn’t think of it until we were in the ‘after’ phase.

Our contention is that a rogerian blogger would have fully documented the ice dam sitch and taken the supporting evidentiary photos. Supporting you ask? Welll… while tempting to digress into why, of the three personality types of the Wakefield Doctrine, rogers tend to be the more commercially successful writers, we’re way of time. Suffice to say: the Everything Rule is a hint to the mission critical task we are heir to when adopting the Doctrine as an additional perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. And that task is translation.

Hey! that’s actually a relatively logical jumping off point. And, to reinforce it, lets just add to our sylabus: Translation of the three predominant worldviews, each to the other.

Be sure to remind us tomorrow!

*finally! a legitimate use for a keyboard symbol we don’t hardly ever used. damn! No, wait! It’s not an emphasis, it’s a preceding sound… (at last! House lights on. ‘Is there a Musicologist in the House?!!’). Short on time. Any help with this… it’s not a trill… or whatever. we better stick with what we know… yeah, clarks. scotts and rogers

** ‘Everyone does everything at one time or another’

*** you know, that thing about people? How they talk and remember and teach and reinforce reality and such? Story-telling. That’s right, every interaction with a person (or concept/memory/imagining of a person, place of thing), is story-telling. Think about! (if you’re a clark, lol) scotts? don’t get mad, we’re not saying nothing is real, we’re just pointing out that, with a few exceptions i.e. punching, kissing and finger-pointing, we’re all telling each others stories, But that’s a whole story in itself for another time.

Denise used a Michael Schenker vid yesterday which, was one other than the following. (So, technically, we’re not ‘copying after her’)

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Tuesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

February 4, 2025 By clarkscottroger

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

Quick post.

Lets go sift through the recent comments that derive from our Six Sentence Story, Unicorn Challenge and/or TToT posts.

…hold on

…sorry.

just did a link to a video in our Reply to Cai’s comment. Below. Sorry, not below, over in the TToT post from this weekend. It was the Mad Dog and Glory clip.

damn! the whole Doctrine on a 3 minute clip.

since the clip provided such clear examples we won’t bother with much more detail other than to say Perfect!

New Readers? Here’s your Cliff Notes: Robert De Niro is a clark (Outsider, lives in his head), David Caruso a scott (Predator manifests life in his actions) and the guy beating up on the woman, a roger (Member of the Herd)

(Language alert. Not like, say the clip from Casino, but artistic use of Eff Explosives)