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Quiz: Can we guess your age based on how pessimistic you are?

Quiz: Can we guess your age based on how pessimistic you are?

A recent YouGov survey that looked at pessimism levels among Americans and British people found that the younger you are, the more you tend to believe that human nature is self-serving and uncooperative.

Two demographic groups in Britain scored the highest for pessimism: young people between the age of 18-24 and Ukip voters.

Based on this, take our (highly unscientific) quiz to see if we can guess how old you are depending on how you see the world:

How did we get on? Let us know in the comments...

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