Crossing the Road

Why do chickens even cross the road?

Scientists begin by answering the clues where all the answers on the left are standard answers and all the answers on the right (the otherside) are the same answers but contain the word "side"

Clue	SIDE	OTHER SIDE	Otherside Clue
Game of Thrones Nickname	MOUNTAIN	OUT(SIDE)	2014 Calvin Harris Single from Motion
Netflix Original Series	DARK	SEA(SIDE)	Dominion Expansion
Music Genre	COUNTRY	ROAD(SIDE)	Form of Assistance when a Car Sputters
Distance Adjective	FAR	FAR (SIDE)	Gary Larson Comic, with "the"
Larger Body of Water	SEA	WEST (SIDE)	Location of a "Story" about Jets and Sharks
Lacking a particular Sense	BLIND	BLIND (SIDE)	Michael Lewis book, with "the"
Wedding Item	RING	DARK (SIDE)	Negative Aspect of the Force
Rapper Surname	WEST	LAKE (SIDE)	Park in a Rush Song
Smaller Body of Water	LAKE	COUNTRY (SIDE)	Rural Area
Type of Thoroughfare	ROAD	MOUNTAIN (SIDE)	Surface Ascended by Climbers
Baseball Term	OUT	RING (SIDE)	Where Boxing Judges Sit

Drawing a line from the chicken to its counterpart other side answer will draw a line through a single number for each answer.

Answer	Number	Extract
MOUNTAIN	1	M
DARK	2	A
COUNTRY	7	Y
FAR	2	A
SEA	3	A
BLIND	4	N
RING	4	G
WEST	2	E
LAKE	1	L
ROAD	2	O
OUT	2	U

Using the number traveled through as an extract value for the answer (and using the left side as order) gives the final answer MAYA ANGELOU.