This article has a background. I thought about writing it a week ago but didn’t start. Suddenly I felt like waiting until the World Cup final.
First, let me say that I am not a diehard fan of any game. But there is support. For example, Brazil, Cape Verde. I am not a supporter of Argentina. However, the way they defeated France in the semifinal has created some weakness for Argentina and Messi.
Still, my mind was saying: Uncertainty is there and it also applies to the game.
So, Argentina may not be the champion. I went to the house of my eldest daughter’s friend in Texas to watch the game. There were 12 spectators. I was the only Spanish supporter.
What a game did Argentina play!
Spain scored about 12 shots to the goalpost and Argentina did not score a single one. Not only that, Spain also had 65% possession of the ball and Argentina had 35%.
To be honest, it felt like a novice team was playing against Spain.
Now let us return to nature and life. Every day the sun rises and sets. In nature, this law is certain, that is, certainty.
But life?
To me, life is like a drop of water on a floating lotus leaf. With the impact of a small wave, that drop can merge into a huge body of water at any moment. Another drop of water on the leaf may follow it, but that certain drop never returns; it is lost forever.
Most people understand that life is uncertain – an uncertainty where a person can die at any time, anywhere, without any prior sign or warning. In fact, this uncertainty can make humans ideal and good people.
In artificial intelligence, certainty refers to a specific, rule-based system, while uncertainty reflects probabilistic decision-making. Since real-world data is often incomplete, ambiguous, or messy, modern artificial intelligence relies on mathematical uncertainty (such as probability and confidence intervals) to navigate complex environments like medical diagnosis or self-driving cars safely.
I will end this article with a very true quote. French writer and philosopher Voltaire said, Uncertainty is an uncomfortable state. But certainty is an absurd state.
Jiben Roy, a native of Bangladesh, is a retired chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences professor at Mississippi University for Women. He writes occasional columns in The Dispatch. His email address is [email protected].
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