I get that, but what really pisses me off about it is that he's a supposed scientist who doesn't act like one. This has annoyed me since Season 1 when he complained that with his father there were only more questions, never an answer. That's what research IS. You start with one question, then soon you have five, then even if you find an answer, which most of the time is only half of one or less, you end up with five more questions on top of that. Don't go into serious research looking for easy answers. Unless you're extremely lucky, you're going to have to work at it and for a long, long time. He's in the wrong profession if he loses his patience so easily.

Specifically here, a professional who thinks rationally would not have used himself as a guinea pig with this untested substance on the pure assumption that it would work perfectly. You have to test it, look for side effects, check that it does work and won't blow up on your face, like if often does and did.