You’re given a red button.
If you press it, two things happen instantly:
You are transformed into the opposite gender — physically, hormonally, and biologically. The transformation is total. You look, sound, and feel like a fully typical version of the opposite sex. You retain all your memories and personality.
You must live in this body for one full year.
At the end of that year, you learn the result:
There was a 99% chance you won $10 million, and you return to your original body.
But there’s a 1% chance the change is permanent — no money, no reversal, no second try.
You do not find out which result you got until the year is over.
Do you press the button?
Would you endure a year of total gender transformation not knowing whether it’s a temporary ride to riches or the new permanent you?
Edit:
Pressing the red button causes the gender transformation instantly, and it lasts at least one full year.
Reality rewrites itself to accommodate the change.
Everyone — family, friends, coworkers — remembers you as having always been this gender. Your name, documents, and social identity all update to match.
You retain your original memories, but to the rest of the world, nothing has changed.
After one year, you’ll learn whether you:
Won the $10 million (99% chance) and return to your original self
Or the transformation is permanent (1% chance), and reality remains rewritten forever.