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The narrative shifts to Dr. Rick Marshall, an overconfident and pompous scientist with a fixation on "quantum paleontology," a concept he believes will lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of time. After a disastrous public appearance on a talk show hosted by Matt Lauer, where he is ridiculed, Rick's credibility suffers immensely. He spends the next three years working in obscurity, delivering lectures to uninterested school kids about his theories on tachyons—hypothetical particles heralded for their capacity to move through time.