How can geologists really know that there is a miniscule chance that the Yellowstone super volcano will erupt in the next few thousand years?

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How can geologists really know that there is a miniscule chance that the Yellowstone super volcano will erupt in the next few thousand years?

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Not a geologist, but it sounds a lot like an interesting realization in probability theory where the probability of a single eruption in any given year is minuscule but over thousands of years the probability of a single eruption is higher

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