I fail to see how the possibility of the eye 'following a path', equates to temporal (time) order.

A thousand percent right. I would have chosen it if it was worded accurately.

I'm convinced that the LSAT is as much a test of ability to read test writers' minds as much as it is anything else.

Pffft. Full stop.

Is it the case for anyone else that you understand how to work out these scenarios in English, but the Lawgic translation then makes it confusing to understand?

Have I lost my mind? Question 1 uses "never" as the operator, yet in my lesson on Group 4 words, it doesn't include the word "never"?