Okay to the rest of your argument. I don't totally disagree. I just highly respect Prado. Big data, manipulating data, cleaning data, applying /pioneering statistical models to data, and applying/pioneering machine learning algos to the data is what Prado does. He is considered basically the best in the world. His books and papers are my bibles wrt to algo trading.First let me state that you provided no link or source for your information above; I do not find it in Marcos Lopez de Prado's publications, his twitter feed, on his website or anywhere else. I question the source and expect you to back it up with a url proving that the above is from Marcos Lopez de Prado.
Marcos Lopez de Prado's publications has been focused on lessons the market can learn from the COVID-19 crisis - for example his "Three Quant Lessons from COVID-19" from March 31. There is no study or slides on the Diamond Princess to be found.
Three Quant Lessons from COVID-19
https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/deliver...0121108117084065031082108029017115068&EXT=pdf
Second - the study of one closed environment is meaningless unless you study all closed environments. There are plenty of closed environments to select for study - multiple nursing homes, aircraft carriers and cruise ships where everyone has been tested.
The nursing homes which do not allow anyone in or out, and the staff must stay on site are a good study. Most of nursing homes demonstrate a death rate of over 70%. The residents being frail and elderly tend to skew the results.
Trying to take the figures from one single "closed environment" and attempting to apply it to the entire population is absurd. Why not start with the local nursing home as an environment and then assume that 70% of mankind will be knocked-off.
Prado has an E# of 2. Einstein's E# is 2. Prado isn't just some idiot.
Below is a partial list of quants to give you an idea where Prado ranks wrt E#:
Prado has a better E# than Jim Simmons.
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