Cyan comments on Generalizing From One Example - Less Wrong
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In against disclaimers Robin argues against the idea that those qualifiers should be included
The idea is that among aspiring rationalists, it is silly to assume that "Any general claim about human behavior is an absolute law without exception unless it includes qualifiers like "tends" or "often."". Since there are always exceptions, you can drop the qualifier without losing any information.
I'm just going to link my own comment on Robin's post. Short version: include written disclaimers if the idea you want to convey includes disclaimers.