I’m glad it’s taught now. But 25 to 30 years ago it was not common knowledge to the average undergrad. The first entry on Bohmian Mechanics in Plato is from 2

I’m glad it’s taught now. But 25 to 30 years ago it was not common knowledge to the average undergrad. The first entry on Bohmian Mechanics in Plato is from 2001, for example. Aside from that I think the primary value of BM is as a proof of concept: Non-local, hidden-variable interpretations can work. As for the hurdles I feel we’ve only scratched the surface; so few physicists ever considered this avenue until relatively recently.