I'm also a humanist. The software I make, although some people feel it is not easy to use, is honed to be so, because I'm interested in the human mind. These disclaimers are part of integrity, but have little to do with honesty. Permit me to explain with an example. Joe the car salesman Pick a human endeavor that's famous for lack of honesty.
Car salesman comes to mind.
Suppose Joe is a car salesman. The most slimey of them all, he misleads and lies all the time. Every statement he makes has to be analyzed in utmost detail to figure out what he really means. Now suppose Joe starts writing a column on the Web or in his local newspaper. Right up front it says Joe is a car salesman at Utopia Motors.