An interesting read in the self-proclaimed "weird science" realm admits the intrigue of a deeper abstraction of space and time.  According to the work of Geoffrey F. Chew in the 60's, a so-called "bootstrap hypothesis" was conjured up; through the study and experimentation with the S-matrix theory.   Though the S-matrix theory has been all but abandoned by scientific study, it remains the best accepted approach to the problem of quantum gravity.