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The number of “patients” is growing at the world’s largest cryogenic freezing facility, where scientists preserve dead bodies in the hopes that future advancements can revive them. 

The Cryonics Institute in Michigan freezes bodies, body parts, and pets at -320.8F after legal death, starting at $28,000. Those frozen include chefs, students, secretaries, and professors, and the oldest “patient” has been in cryo-suspension for over 40 years.

The facility’s president, Dennis Kowalski views the facility with “awe and responsibility.” He believes future advancements could enable the reanimation of the clinically dead.

Kowalski: “Ironically, while the number of members is growing, I’m only surprised that we’re not more popular. What we are doing is pretty rational when you think about it. Cryonics is like an ambulance ride to a future hospital that may or may not exist someday. While we give no guarantees, if you are buried or cremated your chances of coming back are zero. We are therefore a Pascal’s wager, or a gamble with little to lose and all to gain.”