What’s the difference between scientific knowledge and scientific skills?

Scientific Knowledge equates to knowing the meta nature of a thing, the full constellation of all the meta patterns which make a thing, state, or process this thing. Think ordinary water. One meta pattern involves the number and kind of molecules, their bonds, and such. But another meta pattern is the “source” of water’s emergent property. When these molecules combine, these two gases suddenly exhibit “wetness.”

Scientific Skills equates to “using Scientific Knowledge in ways in which cause practical applications to emerge and advance.” Anyone can cook pasta in water. Few people actually know the science behind doing this ostensibly simple task. Example. Oil and water do not mix. Scientific Knowledge tells us why. Yet many people believe adding oil to pasta-cooking water keeps the pasta from sticking together. It can’t. It’s scientifically impossible. But this belief has persisted for centuries. And for anyone who wishes to know more about this from a fellow Quoran with far more Scientific Knowledge regarding this than I, see Greg Tatar’s recent post: Why does pasta call for so much boiling water?