What is the likelihood that humanity is the first intelligent civilization in the universe?

I’ve been watching a lot of Kurzgesagt and Astrum videos over the years and they touch on a few different theories for the likelihood of intelligent life in the universe and where humanity slots into the timeline. But one thing I haven’t seen anybody discuss is the likelihood that we are the first ones to do it.

So, assuming that the universe will end via entropy in 10^100 years, wouldn’t that mean we came about at comparatively the beginning of the universe?

That could partially explain why we haven’t actually detected any obvious signs of life out there.

Just a thought, but I’m very curious what other people think!

I don't know if this is the right subreddit to be in (this is my first time begin on reddit so hi) but I have to start from somewhere so here we are. I go by SF and I'm a someone who is trying to find information online on how I can become an astronomer. I'm currently a physics major from a small college called Northern Illinois University and I'm in my 2nd week of college. At the moment, I've been studying the constellations from flashcards so that I can pinpoint what constellations are in the sky during the current night. I'm not the best at describing things but what I can say is that I want to become an astronomer but I don't know the right steps on becoming one. The best way I could describe is imagine you want to drive somewhere. Let's say you live in Pittsburgh but you want to drive to Seattle. Of course you would pull up your GPS and follow what it says in order to get from Pittsburg to Seattle but let's say that the GPS doesn't simply give you the directions to go and wants you to figure it out yourself; that's how I would describe my situation. I want to become an astronomer but I don't know what I have to do in order to become one. I know that the college I'm currently at isn't the right place to be studying astronomy so I plan on transferring to a more astronomy based school in my 2nd year of college. I also plan on getting an internship about astronomy so I can get a feel what it's like to work in the space department. But all these things feel so little to me of what it takes to be an astronomer and it causes me to have so much questions. I have no clue on what to do because not only I have low knowledge on astronomy in general but also I don't know what to do in order to become one. Like should I transfer to another college that's more astronomy based in my 2nd semester until I transfer to a much bigger school? What can I do right now that leads me to the right direction to become an astronomer when I'm currently at a school whos education system doesn't have a great astronomy education system? How can I familiarize myself into the space community and how can I be apart of it so that I can become an astronomer? How do I get astronomy based internships? How can I improve my knowledge on astronomy as I'm in a college that doesn't have much astronomy education? I'm clueless right now but I hope I have some of these questions answered instead of having no questions answered and looking like a lost duck all the time. As a recall, my name is SF and my goal is to become an astronomer. I go on different social media sites trying to find answers on how I can become an astronomer and what it takes to become one. I hope I have others that can support me and see my progress on this journey. So if you have information please reply to this post as I want to become an astronomer. (Yes I also know that the astronomy job market is competitive but that isn't going to stop me from becoming one because it's my childhood dream and I'm not giving up because of that.)

Guys, Y'all are interested in Astronomy and Astrophysics. So, for this I have created a small Club type thing called CARO(Celestial and Astronomical Research Order).

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And, we will do astronomical research and try to find out things that organisations like NASA, ESA, Space X, etc. haven't found yet.

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After you have joined, you will be met with me to interview you and ask your things. Based on your eligibility, I will give you some roles. The roles are give below.

Researcher

Lead researcher (Leads a research)

Data analyst (Analyses data and arranges data)

Telescope member (Guy with a telescope)

(This could be deleted at any time so...)

Follow up question: Do we know of any stars existing outside of galaxies? And if there were, could we detect them?

Guys, can a star be created after a supernova from the remnant?

As a young child in school I learned that the asteroid belt formed due to Jupiter's gravitation disrupting the formation of a planet in this region. My question is if this is correct, how did large moons such as Ganymede and Callisto form? Wouldn't being much closer to Jupiter impede the formation of any moon, especially such large moons?

Hello! I'm currently trying to do some research regarding the formation of the solar system and our neighboring planets. I understand that this is mostly theoretical. I would love resources that include many different theories rather than just the most popular ones of today. I'm struggling to know where to start.

I would love to go straight to the source and read scientific journal articles but I'm struggling with finding articles that are relevant to my interest.

Or I'd love recommendations for books which cover this topic.

Any help is appreciated, thanks :)