Convert to unknown generic type: ChangeType<T>

When you create a generic method (Foo) or generic class (Bar), it often happens that you need to change (or convert) a type to T. In these situations you need a ChangeType function that changes "any" type to T. Unfortunately this is not a standard method. The Cast() method of Linq looks like a solution but it is very limited. This wil not work for a lot of types:

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