can still say this is the likelihood score under the form let me find the parameters that make this maximally likely now this plot over here is the reason people like the logs it simplifies the math that you do by hand that salsa simplifies the math you do it numerically this numerically once you take the log this plot on log scale on this axis right on the original scale will actually look more like this so it's a nice concave shape with a single optimum there's not this weird curvature happening where you also because this