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Somewhat right?
A good question...I almost wrote a reply. I guess I will now.
The way I see that it is "somewhat wrong":
1. It doesn't refute the idea that the 2nd Law is about "disorder". The 2nd law isn't about disorder, it's about entropy (which in SOME cases can be intuitively understood as disorder, but NOT all).
2. It states that the 2nd law 'only works for a closed system', which is untrue (by the proper formulation of the law). It works for all systems; however, there are limits on total entropy change of a closed system not present in an open system (at least in the short term).
I'd be interested in Taz's response as to the better way to address the "2nd law" argument.