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Well, why? It's not like you have to know everything there is to know about a species to battle with it effectively, or even to catch it. To use an analogy from our world, most people only have the spottiest idea about how canine psychology works, but this hasn't done anything to diminish the popularity of dogs as pets.
It kind of depends on what the Pokédex is for, really. The games don't really make it clear who the end user is supposed to be or what function it serves. The anime depicts it as a kind of trainers aid, in which case it would make sense for the information to be concise and non-technical (Rather like a field guide), since the average trainer isn't going to need to know a lot of in-depth information at a moment's notice
It kind of depends on what the Pokédex is for, really. The games don't really make it clear who the end user is supposed to be or what function it serves. The anime depicts it as a kind of trainers aid, in which case it would make sense for the information to be concise and non-technical (Rather like a field guide), since the average trainer isn't going to need to know a lot of in-depth information at a moment's notice