I think this may be one of the most important questions, if not the most important question ever asked. And the fact that Einstein didn't know either makes it even more so.
Sometimes I think it is like asking is water wet? Or more importantly is it good or bad that water is usually, but not always wet?
There have been ties in my 70 something years that I have felt that the Universe was friendly. When I heard my small children laughing and playing. And recently when my two youngest children, now very much adults, singing and whistling. Over a year ago my youngest son was visiting my daughter and helping with some household renovations. I was sitting here on the computer, when I heard my daughter singing as she prepared dinner in the kitchen, as I sat and listened I became aware of my son whistling in the part of the upstairs that was under renovation. My whole body was smiling and I was sure that the Universe was friendly. However, I have witnessed my daughter in distress with anxiety and my son in great distress with addictions battleing addictions. At those times I wasn't at all sure that the Universe was friendly. I have pictures of my first born smiling happily with his wife and children and I have listened to his words when something unexpected and unpleasant happens in his life.
I have been present when a healthy new born child entered the world and I was there when a baby was born with only hours to live. I know people who are ready, more than ready to die, and I have sat at the deathbed of those who were full of fear and in agonizing pain.
Like Einstein, I don't know. It is still a question: "Is The Universe Friendly'?
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