The control console in Titan where Olivia and Emma are standing is counting up the percentage for "Hartle-Hawking State". This is a real concept in theoretical physics. James Hartle and Stephen Hawking proposed that if one were to travel back far enough in time, to a point just after the Big Bang, there would be a point at which there was space, but no time. The would be the Red Forest the Army of the 12 Monkeys is trying to bring about.