Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace (1997)
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In a physical way we’re closer than any civilian pair could be, since in full combat jack we are this one creature with twenty arms and legs, with ten brains, with five vaginas and five penises. Some people call the feeling godlike, and I think there have been gods who were constructed along similar lines. The one I grew up with was an old white-bearded Caucasian gent without even one vagina.

— Joe Haldeman on Female genitalia

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In a physical way we’re closer than any civilian pair could be, since in full combat jack we are this one creature with twenty arms and legs, with ten brains, with five vaginas and five penises. Some people call the feeling godlike, and I think there have been gods who were constructed along similar lines. The one I grew up with was an old white-bearded Caucasian gent without even one vagina." in the context of "Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace (1997)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joe Haldeman

About Joe Haldeman

Joe William Haldeman (born 9 June 1943) is an American science fiction author.