[rayiner]

First, it's probably not the case that interest and practice can have any impact on your underlying mathematical aptitude. Second, regardless, the 2:1 ratio for perfect scores on the SAT Math manifests at 16-18, so when people are already mostly developed.

[selmnoo]

> First, it's probably not the case that interest and practice can have any impact on your underlying mathematical aptitude.

What?! How did you arrive to that conclusion? This is a really bad myth. Math abilities for the most part have very little to do with genes, and almost all to do with hard word, motivation, and practice. See http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/the-myt... for more.

[tomp]

No ,I was saying that they have an impact on the actual mathematical aptitude, and the (again actual) ratios of men/women in STEM industries.