>>58810437>I don't think it's fair say a different species with human-level cognition would nearly always create a society so similar to humans.They wouldn’t create a nearly identical society with or without human like intelligence.
I am just asking for evidence that they do have human like intelligence, which I have yet to see good examples of. Being able to comprehend speech is the only intellectual feat I have seen brought forward. If you want me to believe that the magical creatures in your setting are as smart as humans, then I need to be shown those creatures behaving like they do on multiple occasions. I am not convinced the majority of Pokémon are smarter than a 6 year old. The humans in the Pokémon world certainly do not act like Pokemon are smart. In the anime, Pokemon are consistently shown eating kibble on the floor like a house pet. Why are the humans treating them the same way we treat dogs and cats if they are on our cognitive level? It’s not like they are just super duper racist towards Pokémon, humans are consistently shown to think very highly of Pokemon, yet they are still treated like more pets not people.
>PMDIt is much easier to argue that the Pokemon in PMD are of human like intelligence, but the Pokemon in that setting are very different from the ones in the mainline setting.
Also, I still think the Pokémon in that setting are dumber than humans. Maybe it is just me, but the player character, who is a human, always seemed smarter and more aware than the NPCs in those games. I think that is to show that humans are smarter than Pokemon.
But this thread poses a question for humans in the mainline world, not the PMD one, so it is whatever.
