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Thermodynamics and the Drinking Duck

I have never really believed in the second law of thermodynamics. Many years ago C P Snow caused quite a stir when, in his Rede lecture, "The two cultures and the scientific revolution", he claimed that anyone, whatever his or her discipline, should be familiar with and understand the second law. Since then, whenever the two cultures are mentioned I feel guilty; as a physicist I ought to understand the second law but if, in my heart of hearts, I don't really believe it, then where do I stand?