#biology #evolution Created at 2023-01-02 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 2023-01-02 11:39 Commit: 7 # Related - [[Biology/Evolution/Baldwin]] - [[Biology/Knowledge]] - [[Biology/Eugenics]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Humans are pretty good at human games]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Kin selection]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Baldwin effect ![an old photo of a monkey wearing a jogging](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/0292fe91-fd4f-4c17-8d05-305543666ae7) The Baldwin effect is an evolutionary phenomenon where an organism’s response to its environment can become ‘inherited’. It occurs when an animal learns a behavior and passes it on genetically so that their offspring can display the same behavior without learning it. This can lead to the emergence of new traits and abilities in the population over time. The Baldwin effect has been credited with a role in helping organisms adapt to changing environmental conditions and may have been an important factor in the evolution of complex behavior. ![an old photo of a monkey wearing a black puffer jacket](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/0a65139e-672c-43d4-9824-c6bf8d762c34) >The **[[Baldwin]] effect** is about the delicate balance between cultural and [[Genome|genetic]] [[Evolution|evolution]]. They are not opposites, but comrades, trading influence with each other to get best results. ~ [[Biology/Matt Ridley]] Nurture and nature working together? [[Genome]] & [[Memetic]]? >an organism's ability to learn new behaviours (e.g. to acclimatise to a new stressor) will affect its reproductive success and will therefore have an effect on the genetic makeup of its species through natural selection. Similar topics Wikipedia URLs: - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckian_inheritance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_of_acquired_characteristics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_inheritance As [[Francois Chollet]] says, [[Philosophy/Rationality/Intelligence]] is the capacity to generalize, whether in organic or in artificial [[Physic/System/System]]s. https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01547 >Human nature is a product of culture, but culture is also a product of human nature, and both are the products of evolution. ~ [[Biology/Matt Ridley]] ## Prompts - Are natural selection and decay the same concept ?, - Should natural selection be considered as a form of evolution? Why or why not?, - Why are there so many different species on earth? Have evolution really reached its final stages, and if so, when?