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Wednesday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 12, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

From Reader Frank, the following:

Here is a question that has been bothering me. Suppose we have the typical situation of knight, damsel and dragon. Which one of these is the clark, scott or roger? I kind of think the knight would have to be a scott, but I don’t know about the other two. Of course, the dragon could also be a scott. Even the damsel.

‘even the damsel‘

we know you’ve been trying to find a way to sneak up on that angle! lol

damn! lost our train of thought… and the ticket and a cab-ride home.

Let’s try a quick SOC(ish) approach.

Now, if our faithful correspondent is, in his Comment, thinking fairy tales and such, the ground is quite simple.

Pied Piper of Hamlin:

(the) Piper: scott

(the) Children: clarks

(the) Townspeople: rogers

Little Red Riding Hood:

(the) Wolf: scott

(the) Grandma: clark

Little Red Riding Hood: roger

The Garden of Eden:

(the) Serpent: scott

Eve: clark

Adam: roger

Does it stop with these, above deconstructions? “mais non bien sûr que non!”

What the question (from our Reader) asks is: in the context of there being a knight, a damsel and a dragon are each of these always going to be a scott, a clark and a roger, or what?

The Answer: depends on one’s definition of: a knight, a distressed damsel and a fire-breathing dragon. Clearly (from this ‘Answer’) we differ with our Interlocutor.

We, on first blush, think of:

a knight (roger) as a part of a medieval culture who is in the minority/exceptional, owes his (take note of gender) rank and privilege to a powerful figure (remember ‘referential authority’ a hallmark of the rogerian worldview) and acts on behalf of the establishment.
a damsel (clark) while of a lesser status than everyone else in the context, is exceptional in that she perseveres and, in fact, commands attention of both the dragon (who doesn’t simply eat her and move on to the next meal) and the knight (by proxy the authority figure, which in this cultural meme is a king or some other exceptionally powerful male), she is, in the context of this story, commanding the attention of all while apparently powerless and passive
the dragon (scott) just trying to live, gotta eat…usually predates the kingdom and power structure of the interloping culture

questions?

the value of such exercises? to learn the characteristic relationships (with the world) that are referred to as Outsider (clark), Predator (scott) and Herd Member (roger) and in the process better understanding (at least from a different perspective) of ourselfs.

thanks, Frank!

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

August 1, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

this week our list (of Grats) includes:

1) Phyllis

2) Una

3) the Wakefield Doctrine ’cause sine qua non, binyons, sine qua non

4) Quick Before (two months in the past) and After (an hour ago) landscapifying

5) Phyllis’ tomatoes!* (she had the excellent idea of having a gardenette up on the deck, where the deers and rabbits would have to work for their free food.)

6) the Ocean (ain’t but twenny minutes away is all)

7) Hey! Surprise Grat… a sundog! or… maybe a sun halo (nah since I like dogs better than angels… lets go with sundog)

8) something, something

9) fellow Hostinae and Hosts! Mimi, Denise, Frank, cai, Lisa, Dyanne, Kristi, Andrew, Misky, KnitCat

10) Secret Rule 1.3

*jeez Frank, a little decorum, arrright?!!? ;p

music

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 27, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

‘Open Book (oh boy!) Essay Questions (aww shit!) Doctrine Summer School Pop-Quiz’

Two assertions:

clarks are crazy, scotts are stupid and rogers are dumb

clarks are heartless, scotts are cruel and rogers are mean

(We good so far?)

For Readers who might claim AP status in these, the four Doctrine posts of each week, you will do well to consider if you can sense/see/feel the intrinsic harmony among the above pair of triplets.

New Readers? You have the advantage. You are not yet burdened with an understanding (complete/comprehensive or not) of the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine. And with that freedom, you are welcome to: lol, wtf?!?! ‘oh, I clearly made a mistake by coming here‘.

Supplementary Material (the Book in Open Book):

the three predominant worldviews are:

clarks (the Outsider) know they’ve missed a critical lesson of Life and, with just a hint, a partial list and/or inference, can re-assemble this information and use it to become a ‘real’ person. …before anyone important notices
scotts (the Predator) live to act and, in action, express themselves. it’s not what you do, it’s how loudly you do it
rogers (the Herd Member) confident in their understanding of the right order of life and the world, will, purely for extra credit, share the insight

Each of these three exist in a personal reality that conforms, supports and is natural to a certain relationship (between you and the world around you). Developing a social style/interpersonal strategy appropriate to the world, (as you experience it), you have the right personality type for what you’re up against.

Everyone does everything at one time or another. The world, (aka reality), is what it is…for you. If you know the world around you is organized and quantifiable, good thing you’re a roger! Otherwise you might forget where you put things or, worse, mix them up.

Question: Among the three predominant worldviews, why are the characterizations (above) different for each and what does that tell you about how they might experience: standing with you, across the street from a very popular and very busy restaurant at noon on a Summer’s Monday?

Compare and Contrast

Extra Credit!

Which do you prefer?

A) original version

2) if you don’t recognize the singer’s voice…. welcome Gen Z!

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2zd8 -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 14, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Frank has, as Readers often do, provided us with launching point for today’s post in the form of his Comment on yesterday’s.

I was trying to decide which of these personality types is the best, but I am glad to find out that “We all have (the) perfect personality type.” The one I have is perfect.

Someone’s been doing their reading! lol

As stated, ad astra, the Wakefield Doctrine holds that we, all of us, settle into one (of three) characteristic relationships with the world around us. We then proceed to grow up and mature. And, in doing so, develop those social strategies, perceptual biases, habitual preferences and stubborn resistances. aka we develop a personality in response to the reality in which we live.

To use ourself as example: we found ourselves in a (personal) reality that seemed to have a slight (just a little, not all the time, just occasionally), tendency to blindspot us. Nothing weird or crazy just that clearly to our very young eyes (and ancient soul) we were overlooked at times. Comparing our estimation of our role/status in the family unit, there clearly was a touch missing in the quality of our belonging-ness. It became obvious that most everyone in our single-digit-life experience knew something we did not. Not for nothin’ we were already being told that we lived, at least part of the time, in a world of our own, a ‘dream world’ according to parents and teachers and such. The only honest conclusion to a four or five year old was that we missed a class in ‘Being a Part of’ Not good. Naturally we began looking for the missing information.

For a person living in the world of the Outsider (clarks) that is a decent description of a perfect personality… (again with the ellipsisesses!!) given the conditions we found ourselfs in.

ProTip: if you already know your (Wakefield Doctrine) personality type, you can go back in your memory and see how your personal choices were geared and set to maximize your efforts to thrive and grow. (Unless you’re a roger. In which case nothing you ‘remember’ coincides with our little explanation. oh well, what’re ya gonna do? There’s always Briggs,Stratton, Oscar & Myers ERBW f system of personality types! lol)

Dovetailing perfectly with yesterday’s closing ellipsis

Which is not a bad thing provided you want to be able to…

increase your ability to see the world as the other person is experiencing it.

ok running out of time… Tuesday tend towards that

fine, nothing gigantically original in this:: our ambition/the Doctrine’s Mission Statement/walk a mile in another’s moccasins

we would submit that this sentiment, that of holding identification (with another) as the next level of the classic: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’

this because one is transaction, the other is not.

Tomorrow!! More of this what’s the good of considering the other person if there ain’t nothin in it for us?

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Monday -the Wakefield Doctrine-

July 13, 2026 By clarkscottroger

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

Lets review:

The Wakefield Doctrine is an alternative perspective on the world around us and the people who make it up. This perspective consists of three distinct, (but somehow interrelated), relationships one maintains with their daily, personal reality. While everyone is born with these three as potential(s), at a very early age, one, (and only one), becomes dominant. We then, as tiny babies, begin the process of learning, developing, practicing the wide range of persistent social strategies (aka personalities) for surviving, (and hopefully, thriving), in the world as we are experiencing it. Which insight convinces us of the following provocative statement.

We all have (the) perfect personality type.

The three ‘personality types’ of the Wakefield Doctrine are:

clarks (the Outsider)
scotts (the Predator)
rogers (the Herd Member)

Each of these three reflect a different relationship with reality, (and the world and people and such). None of the three (personality types) are bad. None of the three are better than. (As one non-specified of the three, you might consider the three as a continuum. As another of the three you’d seize on that notion as an opportunity to argue about the overall validity of our little personality theory.)

Here is the most useful apophthegm*:

clarks think, scotts act and rogers feel

*yeah, you could, if you learned the principles of the Wakefield Doctrine to a comprehensive enough degree, divine which of the three personality types would be inclined to use that fairly obscure word for ‘short, pithy saying’ But then, you’d be wrong.¹

clarks are crazy, scotts are stupid and rogers are dumb

because of ‘the Everything Rule’ which is not a ‘Get out of ‘no!-wait!-what-I-meant-was-I-really-do-understand’ card. It is, rather, a reminder to refocus on the effects of the character of one’s relationship to the people. places and things that make up ‘the world’.

So learn the character of each of the three relationships. Become so familiar with the manner in which the everyday presents itself to the three predominant worldviews of the Doctrine (aka becomes fluent) and you will know more about the other person (your spouse, your friend, the girl at the convenience store…whoever) than they know about themselves.

Which is not a bad thing provided you want to be able to…