Can I say this doesn't really surprise me at all? Philosophy almost by definition requires a good ability to skip work to just sit down and think deeply about

Can I say this doesn't really surprise me at all? Philosophy almost by definition requires a good ability to skip work to just sit down and think deeply about things, something you can't really do expediently or while busy with life. If you go merrily about doing whatever needs doing you're like not unhappy enough with the state of things to ask yourself some big questions. It also requires a good ability to repackage ideas, many of which have been ill-presented by original authors or far ahead of their time, to an audience in a manner that makes them receptive to them. Most philosophers spend far more time engaging in dialogue with existing ideas instead of making their own.