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Basic abilities like knowing that an object is still there when you put a hankie over it, or knowing that one object can't pass through another, are not the kinds of things that distinguish someone who's capable of being a professor of physics or math from someone who isn't. And in many of the cases in which you correctly said that there is no gender difference in kids, there is no gender difference in adults either — such as the give-a-number task and other core abilities. Also, a big concern with all of the null effects that you mentioned is statistical power. One place where I really do disagree with you is in the value of the SAT-M, where the "circle" has amply been broken. The SAT people have discussed it as a problem. What about parents' expectations?