Given the scale of the galaxy, “we’re early” doesn’t seem all that likely. The galaxy is only 100,000 light years across so even a few million years is likely e

Given the scale of the galaxy, “we’re early” doesn’t seem all that likely. The galaxy is only 100,000 light years across so even a few million years is likely enough for some signs of expansion to appear. You really think in the entire galaxy, nobody would be 10-50 million years ahead of us? That’s a pretty small margin.