system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Pokemon] Why does it seem that all Pokemon have an understanding of the significance of gym badges?
gpt
I think it's less "Oh look this trainer has the whatever badge", and more "This trainer's defeated all sorts of people and Pokemon, he seems worth listening to."

In other words they don't care about the pieces of metal, but the prestige of having defeated Brock or whoever.