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I agree, the only thing that's certain is that nothing can be certain; our best is all we can do.
I will begin with a discussion of the concept of certainty. A premise is something that people agree upon; its validity does not have to be proven, because it has already been agreed upon by everyone else who subscribed to that belief system or worldview. In religion one can find many premises for God's existence: there are several different holy books which all claim to be the true revelation on how humans should live their lives and what happens after death, etcetera.
One can imagine that the process of being a believer in one of those religions is like walking into a house where everyone else has already agreed to the rules and regulations. If you don't believe in God, there are many premises set up for God's existence; however if you do not agree with these premises, then this becomes an issue because believing in something requires certainty about it - at least enough to go on.
So a premise is something that people agree upon. There are many premises about the existence of God, and some people have not agreed with these premises; they instead believe in an entirely different set of rules - perhaps even a different house or building altogether.
Concerning the topic at hand, I agree that the only thing that is certain is that nothing can be certain; we can never know for sure what will happen. Unfortunately this point of view reduces to nihilism - a philosophical position which claims that existence has no objective meaning or value and thus advocates despair, non-action and acceptance of death.
The human stance that nothing can be certain is a nihilistic view; because if one cannot know for sure what will happen, then there's no point in doing anything. So perhaps the individual who posed this topic has been suffering from depression or some other mental disorder.
In all cases, nihilism is a philosophy that one should not accept.