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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Pokemon] How is it possible that so little is known about Pokémon?

The show (and games) appear to be in a hyper-advanced civilization with technology so impressive that to us it looks like magic. And Pokémon are as old as time, and prehistoric civilizations worshipped them. So how is it considered believable that they haven’t been studied intensely and instead we are reliant upon a 10-year old to tell us often incorrect facts? How is it possible that Professor Oak is only just now curating a list of Pokémon?
gpt
"prehistoric civilizations worshiped them."

And there's the answer. *They never stopped*.

Less literally now, granted, although they are under the impression several are gods (admittedly, arguably correctly). But even discounting those cases, their *entire civilization* revolves around them completely. Sport, recreation, government, law, media, business, city design- every aspect of society is based around pokemon collecting. It's more then just a useful resource o loved pet- to the people of the pokemon world, collecting  Pokemon is literally the meaning of life. It's the defining goal of every endevour we see in their world. it's the mark of adulthood. It's something sacred.

And you don't *study* something sacred.

It's notable that basically all the major scientific advancements in pokemon were made by the Teams, criminal organisations that consisted by definition of people who went against societal norms. But to most people, the idea of studying pokemon would be like studying your marriage- strange at best, insulting at worst.

It's  only recently that the idea of studying pokemon became acceptable enough to start in earnest. That's why it seems they've just begun- as far as respectable society is concerned, they *have*.