Modern quantum mechanics, based on empirical observations, holds that the quantum entanglement decoherence rate is exponentially correlated with environmental coupling density. This conclusion lacks an ontological foundation and cannot fundamentally resolve the quantum measurement paradox. Based on the original Cognitive Succession Ontology system, this paper takes "the essence of cognition is succession"—the only unfalsifiable first principle within the boundaries of human cognition—as the sole cornerstone. It deduces that the essence of interaction is the transverse coupling between successive sequences, and quantum entanglement is the non-local binding of homologous successive sequences. On this basis, this paper predicts for the first time from the ontological level that quantum entanglement decoherence is a linear process in which entangled sequences are severed one by one by external successive sequences, and the decoherence rate is strictly linearly positively correlated with environmental coupling density, rather than the exponential correlation predicted by traditional theories. This prediction directly contradicts the core conclusion of modern quantum mechanics and can be verified by existing high-precision quantum optics experiments. If the linear decoherence law is confirmed, it will prove that quantum processes are not inherently random, and the probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics needs ontological reconstruction.
Mingxiang Liu (2026) studied this question.