If I take something from there, to here, is it still the same something I took?

Question

But it was always a cookie you just cut it up and heated it.

Answer 1

yes and no

Answer 2

I think your brain missed the trip.

Answer 3

It could be argued that any minor force applied to the object might alter it in subtle ways on the surface, though the structure of the object would not be so irrevocably changed so as have to rename it as another substance.

On a mental level, as soon as any idea is absorbed, it becomes privy to all your norms and interpretation begins immediately.  If the idea is accepted it is stored to long term memory.  In an abstract way, it is not the same unless acted upon once there through further examination of the thought i.e discussion.

  No to number one, perhaps to number 2.

Answer 4

If you put one of these in: T.

Answer 5

Probably unless it was an ice cube and melted en route

Answer 6

If I take cookie dough from the freezer and put in the oven, it's no longer cookie dough, but a cookie.