As just a side note from that second article.
Is it me, or generally, has the knowledge of Pokemon skyrocked in the past few years? I see people making fun it knowing a **** of alot about the series in iself, and actually GETTING facts right whilst making fun it, MUCH more than that guy in that second article.
Now, for the discussion.
The Pokemon world has evolved with these creatures through time for at least tens of thousands of years. How would we know that Pokemon would be so kind right off the bat? Most animals that do not see humans much at all either flee or are (trying to be) threatening. Albeit most Pokemon have intelligence that would match a human IQ of 80, and quite a chunk that hit 100, 120, 150, and higher, which surpasses animals, would they be smart enough to try to get along right off the bat? Would they WANT to get along right off the bat?