# An indefinite mindset means that you are out of good ideas When you’re out of good ideas, what do you do? TRY ALL THE THINGS. The idea that you can solve a big H hard problem [[Big H hard problems are those that need a discovery to solve]] by throwing more money at it is a very indefinite approach. In this way, [[CERN]] is fairly indefinite. Thiel notes that PayPal sold because they ran out of ideas in [[Notes from CS183: Startups]].