"Of doing this or of why we're here at all?" he asked. Apparently they were here to be part of some experiment - without their informed consent or permission, he might add. That went against every ethical practice regarding human experimentation, but he was pretty sure these so-called scientists didn't care.
"Maybe to see how we react to disappointment, or to test the old adage that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results." They did find some gold yesterday, but Bones actually wondered if they could get lucky two days in a row.