?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Myths+and+Legends+of+the+Baldwin+Effect&rft.creator=Turney%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=This+position+paper+argues+that+the+Baldwin+effect+is+widely+%0Amisunderstood+by+the+evolutionary+computation+community.+The+%0Amisunderstandings+appear+to+fall+into+two+general+categories.+%0AFirstly%2C+it+is+commonly+believed+that+the+Baldwin+effect+is%0Aconcerned+with+the+synergy+that+results+when+there+is+an+evolving+%0Apopulation+of+learning+individuals.+This+is+only+half+of+the+story.+%0AThe+full+story+is+more+complicated+and+more+interesting.+The+Baldwin+%0Aeffect+is+concerned+with+the+costs+and+benefits+of+lifetime+%0Alearning+by+individuals+in+an+evolving+population.+Several+%0Aresearchers+have+focussed+exclusively+on+the+benefits%2C+but+there+%0Ais+much+to+be+gained+from+attention+to+the+costs.+This+paper+explains+%0Athe+two+sides+of+the+story+and+enumerates+ten+of+the+costs+and+%0Abenefits+of+lifetime+learning+by+individuals+in+an+evolving+population.%0ASecondly%2C+there+is+a+cluster+of+misunderstandings+about+the+relationship%0Abetween+the+Baldwin+effect+and+Lamarckian+inheritance+of+acquired+%0Acharacteristics.+The+Baldwin+effect+is+not+Lamarckian.+A+Lamarckian%0Aalgorithm+is+not+better+for+most+evolutionary+computing+problems+than+%0Aa+Baldwinian+algorithm.+Finally%2C+Lamarckian+inheritance+is+not+a%0Abetter+model+of+memetic+(cultural)+evolution+than+the+Baldwin+effect.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2889%2F1%2FNRC-39220.pdf&rft.identifier=++Turney%2C+Peter++(1996)+Myths+and+Legends+of+the+Baldwin+Effect.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2889%2F