โWould aliens also have X?โ for almost any X tickles the brain a lot.
The X that primed it for me just now (again) is stainless steel, but almost any generalization of it works.
Does feel like the right way to rate the progress of a species is material technology!
Alien species prob relied on stainless steel during a brief phase of their existence? Humans have only had it for a small fraction and will likely move beyond it in time?
Great material tho!