Is there a word or a term used for someone who hops from idea to idea?
More specifically, for someone who jumps from idea to idea without ever really completing any of them.
Is there a word or a term used for someone who hops from idea to idea?
More specifically, for someone who jumps from idea to idea without ever really completing any of them.
A dabbler might fit. Thesaurus dot com offers a bevy of synonyms, from which I'd pick a tinkerer. If solely intellectual effort is implied, a scatterbrain may be it. Turning to adjectives, fickle-minded sounds fine to me. P.S. Found another adjective: flaky
Russians tend to say that someone has "seven Fridays in a week".
A dilettante.
Desultory fits if adjectives are acceptable.
Two of the OED’s definitions of butterfly are: ‘a light-headed, inconstant person’ and ‘applied to persons whose periods of work or occupation of a place are transitory or seasonal.’ With careful handling, you might be able to use the word in the sort of context you have in mind.