Fish-Math

The notation scheme below is half-whimsical, half-serious.  The
serious side is related to my Anti-Math story-notation scheme:
 http://www.robotwisdom.com/ai/antimath.html

I've been pondering the earliest evolution of the nervous system,
and it struck me that the notion of _space_ must have emerged
gradually from a series of tropisms-- light, gravity, odor, wind,
etc.

To annotate this I first establish conventions for an organism
living under water:

=---------+---------+---------+---------+---------=
|         |         |         |         |    o    |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|         |         |    o    |         |         |
|    o    |         |         |         |         |
|         |    o    |         |         |         |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|         |         |         |    o    |         |
=---------+---------+---------+---------+---------=
   Fish    Bottom     Up for    Flounder  Flipper
           feeder      air


Now I can tell some basic stories:

=---------+---------+---------+---------=      =---------=
|         |         |         |         |      |         |
|---------|         |         |         |      |---------|
|         |         |         |         |      |    x    |
|    o    |---------|         |         |      |         |
|         |    o    |    o    |    x    |      |         |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|      |---------|
|         |         |         |         |      |         |
=---------+---------+---------+---------=      =---------=
            Drought    Gasp!                     Floater

=---------+---------=    =---------=    =---------=    =---------=
|         |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |
|---------|---------|    |---------|    |---------|    |---------|
|  o   o  | xxxxxxx |    |         |    |         |    |         |
|o  o   o |         |    |====     |    | ======= |    |    o    |
| o   o   |         |    |  o      |    |    o    |    |    o    |
|---------|---------|    |---------|    |---------|    |---------|
|         |         |    |         |    |         |    |         |
=---------+---------=    =---------=    =---------=    =---------=
   Reef      Exxon        Overhang        Tunnel        Oppressor


(The oppressor is standing on the oppressed.)


Now we introduce the tropisms:


 Light                               Gravity
=---------+---------+---------=     =---------+---------+---------=
|         |         |         |     |         |         |   _ _   |
|---------|---------|---------|     |         |         |    |    | 
|     /// |   |||   |\\\      |     |         |         |         |
|    o    |    o    |    o    |     |    o    |    o    |    o    |
|         |         |         |     |         |         |         |
|---------|---------|---------|     |         |   _|_   |         | 
|         |         |         |     |         |         |         |
=---------+---------+---------=     =---------+---------+---------=
    am       noon       pm             Lost      Down    Headstand
                                      bearings

 Odor                     Wind
=---------+---------=    =---------=
|         |         |    |         |
|---------|---------|    |---------|
| mmm     |www      |    |         |
|    o    |   o     |    |--> o    |
|         |         |    |         |
|---------|---------|    |---------|
|         |         |    |         |
=---------+---------=    =---------=
  Smells    Stanky          Gulf
   good                    Stream


(Where it goes from here, I'm still pondering...)