Here again, the Court was beyond its depth. Canyons form, crystals form, stalactites form and so on. But each of these formations are the result of a process, such as erosion, crystallization, or mineralization. So is life a process. Whatever form it takes is incidental to and a consequence of that process.
Nothing happens in the absence of process.
The young woman was silent, nodding, thinking. The Judge responded with a long thoughtful smoke filled silence of his own. He also said the Court dealt in the known rather than the unknown and not at all in speculation. Here again, old Blackmun demonstrated his inadequacy to deal with the task at hand. But I digress.