One of the mayor problems of a scientific study of Handwavium is that Handwavium reacts to the wishes and thoughts of the person using it.
A trekkie who really wants his warp capable shuttle can easily wave his car. A scientists interested in not influencing his probe of Handwavium might just have an unreactive blob in front of him which doesn't do anything.
A trekkie who really wants his warp capable shuttle can easily wave his car. A scientists interested in not influencing his probe of Handwavium might just have an unreactive blob in front of him which doesn't do anything.