You are dead wrong. As usual, you don't give any quote so it's impossible to pinpoint the flaw in your "reasoning".
Monster Silk is a mix of worm silk and sider silk so it is not either but it's gen1 and NOT what the current round of GMs is aimed at.
KBLB is also working on adding an artificial sequence to silkworms and, of course, that fiber will be neither worm nor spider silk. However achievement of that would be much BIGGER than the achievement of spider silk since it would demonstrate the ability to add a wide range of proteins, both natural and artificial (including the spider silk protein) to the silkworm.
That, of course, would be the platform worm. I don't think that that's what they're working on in this round unless they are doing it in addition to pure spider silk.
If you read carefully the PR it is very carefully worded to make it impossible to be sure exactly which of a number of possibilities that they are currently working on and I suspect that he worded it very carefully for that result.
As usual, you do not reveal your "reasoning" if there is any, so there's no way to pick out the flaws in it.
RE: "I can say for certain that no-one on IHUB really represents the story accurately, either from the business or scientific side"
Scientists have very different standards for accuracy than the general public (VERY obvious when reading this board!)
I have never pretended to "know" what KBLB is doing and have very frequently pointed out that what I do is make educated guesses (with my reasoning fully explained (something you might want to try for a change)) and show examples of possibilities. Note that I often point out where things could go wrong and even give examples of possible ways it could happen. Again not claiming to be covering all the possibilites, just give some examples. One of the big reasons I do that is to try to get people to understand that in research the timing is inherently uncertain and that problems often occur but often of little significance (point being that investors should determine the real significance before acting in a panic (AS IN THE CURRENT SITUATION!)
And, of course, as I also point out, I have no inside knowledge of what KBLB is doing and am not a research scientist. My goal has never been to represent the story "accurately", that would be impossible for anyone not working for KBLB. My goal has been to try to help investors understand, within the limitations of their backgrounds, as much as they can about what KBLB is doing and what the potential is.
Obviously I'm not going to be as good at that as a research scientist. But what research scientist is going to come here and do it? My goal is only to make an effort to increase the level of understanding of the technology and I daresay I've done that.
I also try to make it clear that if anyone tries to invent some pure BS to disparage the technology that it will be refuted with sound evidence. I have made a couple of errors but they have been slight and freely acknowledged: I was not aware that evidently KBLB used red eyes as a marker in the earliest attempt at genetic modifications (however that error had no significance to the discussion at hand anyway.)
I would be very happy if someone with a better background came on this board as there are quite a few questions that I would like answered. However it's hard to see what they would get out of such a board. For an example of a board where the discussion is very scientifically knowledgeable and sound, take a look at the inv#storvill@ge SGMO board. Hopefully when KBLB makes the NASDAQ (which I expect it will within two year barring some major problem) many more investors will come and this board will reach that standard.
Until we get pure spider silk (or the platform worm) this company will probably remain well below the street's radar. Which, IMHO, is why the SP is still so low.
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