1. A system, comprising: a hierarchy of computing modules configured to learn a cause of input data sensed over space and time, the hierarchy further configured to determine a cause of novel sensed input data dependent on the learned cause, and the hierarchy having a first level of computing modules and a second level of at least one computing module, wherein at least one of the computing modules in the first level is configured to receive a portion of the novel sensed input data, and wherein the computing module in the first level is further capable of determining a possible cause of the novel sensed input data dependent on analyzing only a subset of the portion of the novel sensed input data.