I think you're on to something. This place seems like more of a drop off station... a way for society to hide those of us who...who see the world through different eyes. Alternate realities. Or perhaps they don't see what we see because they aren't paying attention? And now that we're here? Well, our point of view isn't taken seriously.
Placebo effect? I studied this back at Oxford and it is indeed very interesting. Makes me miss my lab...