 Why was Ferris against testing the discovery made by himself and Mitchell on himself?
Why, having a head, of course! [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] "He outweighs you by fifty pounds and you needn't look to me for help against that repatriated fullback." But Macklin is exactly what we need for a quick, dramatic test. We've had it if he turns us down." Who would have financed a study of cyclic periods of the hedgehog? "When we prove our results that should be of enough practical value for anyone. Mitchell's blue eyes narrowed and his boyish face took on an expression of demonic intensity. " Our discovery," Mitchell said politely. But I'm not sure it would be completely ethical with even a discovery partly mine." Our reputations don't go outside our own fields," Mitchell said. "But now Macklin—" Elliot Macklin had inherited the reputation of the late Albert Einstein in the popular mind. He was the man people thought of when the word "mathematician" or even "scientist" was mentioned. No one knew whether his Theory of Spatium was correct or not because no one had yet been able to frame an argument with it. The government took up a lot of his time using him as the symbol of the Ideal Scientist to help recruit Science and Engineering Cadets. For the past seven years Macklin—who was the Advanced Studies Department of Firestone University—had been involved in devising a faster-than-light drive to help the Army reach Pluto and eventually the nearer stars. Mitchell had overheard two coeds talking and so knew that the project was nearing completion. Despite his impressive body, some years before he had suffered a mild stroke ... or at least a vascular spasm of a cerebral artery. "He's always treated me like dirt," Ferris said heatedly. "Everyone on this campus treats biologists like dirt. Sometimes, Mitchell reflected, Ferris displayed a certain lack of scientific detachment.
 Because it was unethical.
 Because it was too dangerous.  Because it was unethical.  Because he had a headache.  Because they were underfunded.