I don't think that'll do it. Remember that it's only the oracles' votes that decide which stories you can help your voting power by upmodding. I think the ora

I don't think that'll do it. Remember that it's only the oracles' votes that decide which stories you can help your voting power by upmodding. I think the oracles are unlikely to upvote PG essays or anything similar that might have been posted as an attempt at karma-whoring. I certainly doubt that PG bothers to upvote links to his own writings.