How do you trust but verify hydride superconductivity?

I discuss the sharp dissonance between the recent Nature Materials Editorial “Trust but verify” [Nature Materials Editorial, Nat. Mater. 23, 1 (2024)] and the publication, in the same journal issue, of the Feature Comment by M. I. Eremets and coauthors on hydride superconductivity [M. I. Eremets et al., Nat. Mater. 23, 26 (2024)].