Actually, Laventon is more than correct. In fact, this canon was established as far back as Generation 1. But not in a place you would expect.
The video above is a full translation of an official Pokemon book written by the team, with lost Pokedex entries. Ken Sugimori's iconic artwork was made for this very book. It was recently translated by the original translator for the older games. Inside this book are not only a ton of lost Pokedex entries, but also an in-universe lecture from Professor Oak, where he explains exactly how Pokeballs work. He even recounts a situation where another scientist tried to mentally make a Pokemon *think* they were being captured, resulting in a very tiny Primape resting in the other professor's glasses case. Not only that, they also claim that the reason that Pokemon cannot be immediately captured is because of something Oak only calls "Angry Energy". And in Legends Arceus, the plot revolves Pokemon are constantly raging and therefore uncatchable before being calmed! So basically, Laventon is right, educate yourselves.
I highly recommend checking out the whole translated book by the way! There's some interesting things in it, such as it being made before they decided on having real-world animals just not be a thing in Pokemon, the extended Pokedex entries I previously mentioned, and a second in-universe lecture from Bill (The guy who made the PC system).
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