Perhaps, but I doubt it... I'm not quite sure if and how our abilities would be able to translate into this world's system, if that is the reason why we've lost them. I believe the only ability that I've heard of anyone retaining is the ability to understand and communicate with Pokemon if they had the ability to understand and communicate with animals beforehand, which is oddly specific-and, while I can see how it would be useful, it pales in comparison to much of what I was able to do before coming here.

...I... don't think he's gotten a clear consensus. I think it's a variety of motives combined with mob mentality, which wasn't too difficult of a conclusion to come to in the first place.