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given that a sensical idea of time couldn't really exist before the universe, i believe it is sound to say that current understandings of the universe already state this.

just that "forever" is 13.8 billion years long and counting..

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I've always wondered if in the entire universe we humans are the first creatures to have evolved and we will spread out populating the universe.

Seems statistically unlikely given the hypothesized number of life-supporting planets + our planet's age versus the age of the universe.

Unlikely but possible. Much like the creation of a universe, perhaps.

Given infinite time, you might flip heads a million times in a row.

Or might not, no matter how far you go, there are no even numbers in the infinite set of odd numbers, and you can tell that without counting very high.

Life sure but sentient creatures like us using technology, maybe we're the only planet to have survived comets, meteorites, gamma ray bursts, black holes, galaxy collisions, novae to make it this far.

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