The Baldwin Effect, if it ever occurs, works as follows - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Sep 08
  

  Rudy Garns

  "The Baldwin effect occurs, if it ever does, when a biological trait becomes innate as a result of first being learned. Suppose that some trait is initially absent from a population of organisms. Then a number of organisms succeed in learning the trait. There will be a Baldwin effect if this period of learning leads to the trait becoming innate throughout the population." David Papineau

  Baldwin evolution

  • The Baldwin effect occurs, if it ever does, when a biological trait becomes innate as a result of first being learned.  Suppose that some trait is initially absent from a population of organisms.  Then a number of organisms succeed in learning the trait.  There will be a Baldwin effect if this period of learning leads to the trait becoming innate throughout the population.

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