Coping with Uncertainty [From the Editor´s Bench]

We all are familiar with uncertainty in everyday life. Uncertainty is associated with the unpredictable, the unknown, the ill-known, and the vagaries of common experience. Will it rain today? I don´t know; I am not certain. We speak of an uncertain future. Weather is uncertain. Will we make more profit if we plant wheat or soybeans? Should I plant my fields with ol ives or grapes? Who will win the World Cup? We are uncertain.