"Category Error"... Popular phrase these days, and with good reason - there's a lot of it going around. I made the same point earlier about a stolen lottery ticket not earning the right to claim the jackpot.
The first I heard of it was on The Time Traveler thread.
Logically we have to look at things the right way to see the correct solution.
Basic troubleshooting, to find the solution first find the cause of the problem.