A bot is different than messenger integration although the API part is probably similar. There is also a new Telegram bot:
Regarding the article on philosophy and science. To me it absurd to derscribe science in any way being linked to left or right politics. Science is (or aims to be) objective truth seeking. Trump is a wannebe dictator, not a truthseeker and as such a natural enemy to science and philosophy which aim to understand the world. In fact he is an enemy to anyone who wants to live in a world of facts, truth, honesty and open communication.