The expression "none the wiser" is an expression that is still used today. It's not outdated. As someone else here said, it simply means that you don't know anything now that you didn't a bit before now. In other words, the amount of knowledge you have about something PRIOR to the lecture (in your example) is the same amount of knowledge you have AFTER the lecture. Guess the lecture wasn't very informative! Keep up the great work!