I used to live quite close, At the weekends on LI Expy.. And Dinosaur Playground ... I bet ppauper hangs out there. My Mom and I took the train from Arizona to the 1964 World's Fair there. (Flushing Meadows) 1920px-New_York_World's_Fair_August_1964.jpg Here's the  Corona bug landing in the same loc...

 … agrees to stop kicking the cat.

Not so humorous, really, but ironically, one of the worst hit neighborhoods in NYC:

Speaking of cute animals,
52. Finally, Some Privacy: After 10 Years, Giant Pandas Mate in Shuttered Zoo

I get it now. I was liking on IMHE; you guys were hating on ICL. OK, I'm done with #50. 

Well, I was talking about this group. Who's the 'one guy'?

Re 'laughable', I think that might go too far. Here's a thought experiment. Pretend you are trading and also tasked with providing ballpark theoretical option values to support trading. It's a two-person shop: you and your boss. So, you can't pass the buck.  :D Your boss gives you the following assi...

How is that an answer to 'has anyone done better than the IMHE models'?? It's an ill-posed question. You should ask who got funding to do it (easily better) :-) OK, let me rephrase the question(s). You've spent a lot of time on the modelling.  1. What modelling group do you like the best for any re...

1. Black and Scholes looked at Thorp & Kassouf's 'Beat the Market', which had a fair amount of warrant data, the dominant type of tradeable option at the time. They also followed up with comparisons of their formula with market data. So, you perhaps mis-characterize their work as 'math only'. My poi...

How is that an answer to 'has anyone done better than the IMHE models'??

What's your issue with 'respect'?

50. When was the last time mathematical modelling of a semi-social-science nature became this important and got this much respect? The last significant crisis was, to a significant degree, blamed on the modelers!   Pet peeve. Many of the tv critics fail to acknowledge the uncertainty intervals in t...

I think you have a very good practical understanding. Everything you say from "Here's the rub" and below is widely accepted . I think what you don't appreciate is that all the practical limitations of the BSM formula were also well-appreciated early on by just about everybody, including the inventor...

The stock market is a pandemic warning model of sorts. But, remember the famous quip from Paul Samuelson (slightly adapted):

The stock market has predicted nine of the past five COVID-19 subsidences.

Cured virus patients might have tested positive due to virus reactivation: KCDC "More than 50 people who recovered after contracting COVID-19 have tested positive again, but the results might have been due to the reactivation of the novel coronavirus, health authorities here said Monday." Interesti...