  To date, quantum mechanics has proven to be our most successful theoretical
model. However, it is still surrounded by a "mysterious halo" that can be
summarized in a simple but challenging question: Why quantum phenomena are not
understood under the same logic as classical ones? Although this is an open
question (probably without an answer), from a pragmatist's point of view there
is still room enough to further explore the quantum world, marveling ourselves
with new physical insights. We just need to look back in the historical
evolution of the quantum theory and thoroughly reconsider three key issues: (1)
how this has developed since its early stages at a conceptual level, (2) what
kind of experiments can be performed at present in a laboratory, and (3) what
nonstandard conceptual models are available to extract some extra information.
This contribution is aimed at providing some answers (and, perhaps, also
raising some issues) to these questions through one of such models, namely
Bohmian mechanics, a hydrodynamic formulation of the quantum theory, which is
currently trying to open new pathways of understanding. Specifically, the
Chapter constitutes a brief and personal overview on the historic and
contextual evolution of this quantum formulation, its physical meaning and
interest (leaving aside metaphysical issues), and how it may help to overcome
some preconceived paradoxical aspects of the quantum theory.
