>Short term evolution over one's lifetime (getting better at swimming, getting better at coding, etc.) is a very different matter than a species evolution
In the context you're referring to, 'short term evolution', isn't evolution at all. That's a misuse of the word evolution.
There's so much wrong with the post you're responding to. A lot of which you already highlighted.
I do want to mention two things first, though.
On the topic of evolution, evolution does not occur within an individual, IE: pokemon, which, I feel like, the OP was trying to suggest. Also, on the topic of evolution, who's to say that a quiet mind is ideal? There have been rational arguments that mental illness exists due to evolution.
On the topic of a totally silent mind. That doesn't exist. Brain scans show that even when people meditate and believe that their mind is completely inactive, that there is activity going on. It's commonly known in those circles that it's impossible to be completely blank, and it's even frowned upon to even attempt it; as, ironically, it has the opposite effect of creating more activity.
In the context you're referring to, 'short term evolution', isn't evolution at all. That's a misuse of the word evolution.