Your brain sees more than what your eye sees

As I already mentioned in the previous weblog post, I am reading a book about what gut feelings are and how our sense- & decision making could benefit from it. There are many interesting quotes, but I just want to highlight this one about that computer are not yet intelligent and I cannot see it happening in the near future:

A good perceptual system has to go beyond the information given; it has to “invent” things. Your brain sees more than what your eye sees. Intelligence means making bets, taking risks

Does this make sense to you? If not, I would like to invite you to experiment itself through Matthew B. Thompson research on Flash Face Distortion Effect by watching this video

In this example our brains tell us that these women are ugly, but by focussing on each of these women this gut feeling is not true. So, could we trust our brains or senses?